Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Berenguela District, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 8653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berenguela District, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cerro Wila Kkollu
Choquepiña Mine
Joculluni Mine (Anaconda Mine; El Zorro Mine; Yokohama Mine)
Manco Capac Mine (Nelly Mine)
Marimarini Mine (Lourdes Ines Mine)
Pacocagua Mine (Pacocahua Mine; Dos Amigos Mine)
San José De Berenguela Mine (Elisa Mine; Hucurani Mine)
San Luis Mine (Mary-Mary Mine; Heil Hitler Mine)

Latitude: 17°17'42"S
Longitude: 69°14'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.295,-69.24

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	hauchecornite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite hauchecornite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	26044,26045,26047	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	26044	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	26047	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26045	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26044	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	26045	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	26044	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	26044,26045	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	26045	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	26049	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	26045	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	26043	1027
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	3	26044,26045,26048	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	26044,26045,26046,26047,26048,26049	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	5	26044,26045,26046,26048,26049	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	26044	6890
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	2	26044,26046	27
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	26044,26045,26049	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	26043,26044	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	26044	161
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	2	26044,26045	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	26042,26044,26047	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	26048	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	26047	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2	26045,26047	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	26044	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	26042,26044,26047	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26045,26047	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	26048	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	26043,26044	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	26044,26045,26046,26047,26048,26049	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	3	26044,26045,26046	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	3	26044,26045,26046	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5	26044,26045,26046,26048,26049	1803
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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