Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 7435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cristalmayu Subdistrict
El Palmar Subdistrict
Limbo Subdistrict

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

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Boracite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Danburite	Feldspar	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Ericaite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Povondraite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Boracite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Danburite Feldspar Gypsum
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	25824,25825,25846	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	25808,25814,25821,25824,25850	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	25810,25813,25846	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	25846,25848	2060
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	25814,25817,25823	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25814	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	10	25812,25814,25816,25817,25818,25823,25824,25826,25827,25840	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	16	25808,25810,25811,25813,25814,25816,25817,25820,25824,25826,25827,25828,25830,25831,25840,25849	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	25824	648
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	0		7
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	25810,25814,25825,25827	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	25840,25842	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	25811,25814,25824,25846	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	25846	341
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	19	25808,25811,25812,25814,25816,25817,25818,25820,25824,25825,25826,25827,25828,25830,25831,25843,25845,25847,25849	93
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	0		98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5	25814,25825,25829,25840,25849	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	25824	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25824	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	25814,25824,25849	17380
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	0		24
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	25814	102
Povondraite ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe³⁺₃(Fe³⁺₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	1	25821	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	25814,25823,25824,25826,25846	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	25808,25811,25814,25816,25825,25828	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	25824,25825	2705
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	25811	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	25816,25817,25824,25846,25849	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	25811,25824	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070002	Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R070002
FKM-71	Cristalmayu Valley, Cristalmayu, Cristalmayu Subdistrict, Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-71
R061093	Locotal Mine (Magdita Mine), El Palmar Subdistrict, Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R061093
R120167	Locotal Mine (Magdita Mine), El Palmar Subdistrict, Alto Chapare Mining District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia	https://rruff.info/R120167

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