Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Mururata, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 279158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mururata, Sud Yungas Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bolsa Negra Mine (Nevada Mine)

Latitude: 16°33'59"S
Longitude: 67°48'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.566388888889,-67.816388888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tungstite

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: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Fluorite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Scheelite Sphalerite Tungstite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tungstite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	26089	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26089	27198
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	26089	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	26089	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26089	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26089	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26089	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26089	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	26089	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	26089	21482
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	26089	118

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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