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Locality Name:
Amutara, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amutara, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Serena Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H K O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1259051966
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31259051089
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21259055171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212590527198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)125905551
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12125905663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12590524243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14125905784
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212590539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212590561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1259056417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12590521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4125905668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131259055317



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