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Locality Name:
Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru

Oldest recorded age at locality: 8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7

mindat Locality ID: 12769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alpamina Mine
Anticona Mine
Austria Duvas Mine
Manuelita Mine
Matilda Mine
San Antonio De Morococha
San Francisco Vein
Santa Rita Mine
Ticlio Mine
Toro Mocho Deposit

Latitude: 11°35'59"S
Longitude: 76°7'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -11.599722222222,-76.132777777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite
Covellite	Cubanite	Enargite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite
Covellite Cubanite Enargite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite Meneghinite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Luzonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vinciennite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	8	7	0		315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	8	7	0		312
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	8	7	0		1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	8	7	0		1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	8	7	0		3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	8	7	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	96247	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	8	7	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	96244	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	8	7	1	96250	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	8	7	0		5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	8	7	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	7	2	96248,96250	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	7	1	96250	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	7	1	96250	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	7	1	96250	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	8	7	1	96250	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	8	7	1	96250	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	8	7	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	8	7	0		9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	8	7	0		246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	8	7	2	96247,96250	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	8	7	0		163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	7	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	7	3	96244,96248,96250	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	8	7	0		717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	7	0		6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	8	7	0		469
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	8	7	0		198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	7	1	96250	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	7	0		5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	96245	252
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	8	7	0		92
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	8	7	0		915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	8	7	0		5800
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	8	7	0		733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	7	3	96245,96248,96250	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	8	7	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	96243,96244,96247,96248,96249	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	96243,96244,96248	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	96243	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	7	0		4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	7	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	7	5	96244,96245,96248,96249,96250	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	8	7	0		80
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	8	7	0		332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	8	7	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	96245,96248	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	7	1	96250	2562
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	8	7	0		13
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	8	7	0		636

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00519	8	7	8–7									Actinolite, Bismuthinite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Talc, Tremolite	Cu	206942	Toro Mocho Deposit, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru	Toromocho	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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