Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 22406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon), Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hiaco Mine
Virgen De Surumi Mine (Pacajake Mine; Pakajake Mine)

Latitude: 18°38'59"S
Longitude: 66°'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.649722222222,-66.016388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltomenite	Corundum	Diaspore	Linarite	Mandarinoite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Ahlfeldite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltomenite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mandarinoite ()*
Molybdomenite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Olsacherite ()*	Penroseite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltomenite Corundum Diaspore Linarite Mandarinoite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	26361	2793
Ahlfeldite ()*	Cobaltomenite	Ni(SeO₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	2
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	26362	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	26361,26362	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26362	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	26361,26362	4979
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26362	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	26362	281
Cobaltomenite ()*	Cobaltomenite	Co(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	26362	11
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	26361	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26362	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	26362	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	26362	987
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	1	26362	14
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	1	26362	15
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	26362	192
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	1	26362	10
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	1	26362	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26362	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26362	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	26362	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	26362	6417
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	26362	83
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	26362	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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