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Locality Name:
Morochata, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 221946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morochata, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chilcani District
Quenamari Range

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteCancriniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteTridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1257918803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1257911627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)225789,2579127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O125791232
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1257894979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212578927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1257918173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2125791271
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS325789,25790,2579124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1257907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu225789,2579030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312579014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61257891066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14225789,25790784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412579114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212578912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21257915800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)125791884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1257912349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21257911898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2225789,2579139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212579061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1257896417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1257895186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS225789,2579021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131257905317


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