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Locality Name:
Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.73

mindat Locality ID: 19843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 17°23'30"S
Longitude: 67°7'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.391666666667,-67.125277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Li O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Li O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayEnargiteFluoriteMadociteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteVivianite
Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colquiriite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Cronstedtite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Hocartite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Madocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16.615.7309052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO216.615.7305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216.615.73027198
Colquiriite  (*)NoneCaLiAlF616.615.7303
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O16.615.73048
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)416.615.73054
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS416.615.730910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216.615.7309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16.615.73024243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O16.615.73068
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS416.615.73031
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)16.615.73056
Madocite  (*)MadocitePb19(Sb,As)16S4316.615.7306
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416.615.73014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS216.615.7305674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216.615.73039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816.615.7309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216.615.73061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)16.615.7306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16.615.73021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS416.615.730668
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O16.615.730636


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-012216.2715.7316 ± 0.27K-ArAge for formation of complexwhole rockNG123    19843Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, BoliviaColquiri mineGrant et al. (1979)10.2113/gsecongeo.74.4.838EG74_838 
Alexandra-012316.61616.3 ± 0.3K-ArAge for formation of complexwhole rockNG123    19843Colquiri Mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, BoliviaColquiri mineGrant et al. (1979)10.2113/gsecongeo.74.4.838EG74_838 

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