Independencia Formation
Stratigraphic range: Dapingian ~478–466 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Schist, phyllite
Location
Coordinates	17°00′S 67°00′W / 17.0°S 67.0°W / -17.0; -67.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	47°54′S 123°54′W / 47.9°S 123.9°W / -47.9; -123.9
Region	Cochabamba Department
Country	Bolivia
Type section
Named for	Independencia
Independencia Formation (Bolivia)

The Independencia Formation is a Dapingian geologic formation of western-central Bolivia. The dark to bluish gray schists and phyllites metamorphosed shales were deposited in an open marine environment.^[1]

The formation has provided the following fossils:

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Bolivia

• R. Suárez Soruco. 1976. El sistema ordovícico en Bolivia. Revista Tecnica YPF Bolivia 5(2):111-123