Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Morokho (Cerro Moruco), Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia

mindat Locality ID: 158507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Morokho (Cerro Moruco), Sud Lípez Province, Potosí, Bolivia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Morokho Mine (Himalaya Mine; Veta Rica)
Mulato Mine

Latitude: 21°49'56"S
Longitude: 66°34'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.832222222222,-66.575277777778

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.

Alunite	Arsenolamprite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Teallite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenolamprite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica None Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	26617	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	26617,26618	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	26618	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	26617	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	26617	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	26617,26618	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	26617,26618	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	26617	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	26617	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	26617,26618	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	26617,26618	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	26617	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	26617	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	26618	72
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	26617,26618	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	26617,26618	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	26617,26618	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	26617	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	26617	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	26617,26618	21482
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	1	26617	33
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	26617,26618	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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