Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 211
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 36959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Andina Mine
Incachaca Reservoir
La Paz City
La Solución Mine (Colquecahua Mine)
Mt Chacaltaya
Mt Huayna Potosí (Huaina Potosi)
Mt Illimani
Pongo
Tajahahuira Mine
Zongo District

Latitude: 16°31'3"S
Longitude: 68°1'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.5175,-68.020277777778

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.

Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite
Topaz	Ullmannite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Horomanite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Nisnite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillénite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite
Topaz Ullmannite Zircon

41 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	26014	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	26030	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	211	26	8	26010,26016,26021,26024,26025,26026,26029,26031	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	26012	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	26012	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	211	211	1	26016	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	211	211	1	26016	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	26015	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	26030	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			8	26010,26016,26018,26019,26021,26024,26028,26032	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	211	26	7	26010,26015,26016,26024,26025,26026,26029	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	26015	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	26012	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	26012,26031	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	211	211	5	26010,26016,26021,26024,26025	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	211	26	6	26010,26015,26016,26025,26026,26029	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	26014,26030	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	26012	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	26031	144
Horomanite ()*	None	Fe₆Ni₃S₈			1	26012	3
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			2	26024,26031	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	26012	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	26024	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	26010,26021,26025,26031	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	26021	112
Nisnite ()*	Auricupride	Ni₃Sn			1	26012	2
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	28	26	1	26022	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	211	211	2	26017,26021	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	211	26	8	26010,26012,26015,26016,26024,26025,26026,26029	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	211	26	5	26016,26024,26026,26028,26029	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	211	26	11	26010,26015,26016,26024,26025,26026,26028,26029,26030,26031,26032	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	26012	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	28	26	5	26010,26024,26026,26028,26029	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	211	211	3	26015,26016,26017	6417
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀			1	26012	26
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	211	26	6	26010,26015,26016,26025,26026,26029	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	26015,26030	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	26020	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	26024	1476
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	26021	293
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	26012	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kaitlynn000013	211	211	211	K-Ar	age of sulphide	chalcopyrite	CR-22	Chalcopyrite	36063	Don Carlos Mine, Mt Chacaltaya, Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Don Carlos	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000015	28	26	28-26	K-Ar	age of sulphide	pyrrhotite	CR-103B	Pyrrhotite	190045	Urania Mine, Mt Illimani, Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Urania	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791
Kaitlynn000016	28	26	28-26	K-Ar	age of sulphide	chalcopyrite	CR-103B	Chalcopyrite	190045	Urania Mine, Mt Illimani, Murillo Province, La Paz, Bolivia	Urania	Tilton et al. (1981)	10.1130/MEM154-p791	MGSA154_791

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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