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Locality Name:
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia

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

mindat Locality ID: 4555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Americas Unidas Mine
Buen Pastor Mine
Cerro Guacalaura
Guallatiri Mine
Malcocoya Mine
Maríe Elena Mine (Elena; Helena; Victoria)
Pisakheri Mine (Pisaqueri; Pisakeri; Anaconda; Violeta)
Porvenir Mine
San Agustín Mine
San Gerónimo Mine
Toledo Mine
Veta Verde Mine
Vizcachani Mine
Yanabarra Mine

Latitude: 17°8'47"S
Longitude: 68°27'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.146388888889,-68.460833333333

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
DomeykiteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)4545041
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)45451260682734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)45451260691588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)45451260663250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24545426058,26063,26064,260695509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4545011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS445451260695516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)645451260631633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)454512606627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)45451260601252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)45451260684979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4545526058,26063,26064,26065,260695707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O45450194
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O45451260633531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O45450295
Copper  (*)CopperCu4545426059,26064,26066,260693846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4545226058,260654165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4545526058,26063,26064,26066,260692970
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As4545226059,2606973
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2454509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4545226068,2606924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4545326063,26066,260686890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3454512606414640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1445450784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24545626058,26063,26064,26065,26066,2606912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24545326059,26064,2606861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg4545226059,260645186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO45451260661101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13454505317



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-000524545Eocene       Cu4555Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, BoliviaCorocoroCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-000504545L. Tertiary       Cu11784Maríe Elena Mine (Elena; Helena; Victoria), Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, BoliviaSan SilvestreCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-000534545L. Tertiary       Cu135092Veta Verde Mine, Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, BoliviaVeta VerdeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060487Porvenir Mine, Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Boliviahttps://rruff.info/R060487


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