Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Cerro Pelado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 285472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Pelado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Don Mario Mine

Latitude: 17°20'9"S
Longitude: 59°41'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.335833333333,-59.6875
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: Al Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleArsenicAtacamiteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
GarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibnite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21266873419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31266872353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2126687718
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3126687544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21266875509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1266871966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31266871935
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1266875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212668727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1266873531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1266873846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181266871008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2126687327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61266874135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1266878173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12668724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12668730554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2126687223
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41266871507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412668714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212668712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21266875800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212668717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212668739462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1266874894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12668721482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21266872562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...