Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 45
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 33367
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33367.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cacachaca (Kakachaka)
Challapata
Condo
Huari
La Challapateña Mine
Malliri Mine (E.M. Junkers Mine; Empresa Minera Junkers)
Sevaruyo
Wachi Mine

Latitude: 19°3'16"S
Longitude: 66°49'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.054444444444,-66.819722222222

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Zircon

Ammoniojarosite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berndtite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Ottemannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Romarchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Teallite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K N O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meta-autunite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	35	1	26126	30
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	45	35	1	26136	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	35	35	2	26127,26132	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	45	35	1	26137	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	45	35	1	26136	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	45	35	1	26137	11547
Berndtite ()*	Melonite	SnS₂	35	35	1	26132	11
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	45	35	1	26136	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	35	35	1	26134	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	45	35	3	26121,26135,26138	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	35	35	3	26129,26130,26132	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	45	35	2	26127,26136	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	45	35	3	26127,26132,26136	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	35	35	1	26121	162
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	45	35	1	26137	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	45	35	1	26136	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	45	35	4	26118,26130,26134,26137	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	35	35	1	26127	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35	35	1	26126	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	35	35	1	26132	35
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	35	35	1	26118	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35	35	1	26132	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	45	35	1	26136	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	45	35	1	26137	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	45	35	1	26137	388
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	35	2	26127,26132	17380
Ottemannite ()*	None	Sn₂S₃	35	35	1	26132	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	45	35	5	26127,26130,26132,26134,26137	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	35	35	2	26129,26132	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	45	35	6	26121,26127,26132,26134,26136,26137	61156
Romarchite ()*	None	SnO	35	35	1	26132	13
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	35	35	1	26132	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	45	35	3	26130,26132,26137	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	35	35	1	26132	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	35	35	4	26118,26121,26127,26134	3418
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	35	35	1	26130	33
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	45	35	1	26136	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	45	35	1	26137	2718

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00061	35	35	Oligocene										Cu	33367	Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia	Avaroa	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00058	45	45	L. Tertiary										Cu	32562	Sevaruyo, Avaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia	Sevaruyo	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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