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Locality Name:
Morococala Mine, Santa Fé Mining District, Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia


mindat Locality ID: 339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morococala Mine, Santa Fé Mining District, Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°8'21"S
Longitude: 66°47'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.139166666667,-66.785555555556
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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H In K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H In K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArsenolampriteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumCovelliteCylindriteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteLillianite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphophyllitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite
Zinkenite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berndtite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cylindrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Metavivianite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Ourayite  (*)Petrukite  (*)
Phosphophyllite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sakuraiite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Teallite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Berndtite  (*)MeloniteSnS2011
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S14017
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S60113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4082
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS60128
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O026
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13024
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S4012
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O029
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S4010
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12080
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS2033
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228


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