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Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru

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The Morococha district consists of a Cu-Mo porphyry surrounded by Zn-Pb±Ag±Cu skarns, mantos and veins.
It is located 150 km northeast of Lima.





 Map Reference: 11°36'S , 76°7'W

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Aikinite
    PbCuBiS
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Alabandite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		S
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Andradite
    Ca
     
    3
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Werner, A.B.T., Sinclair, W.D., and Amey, E.B. (1998): US Geological Survey Circular 930-O.]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Arsenic
    As
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Karl Volkman personal specimen]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Bismuthinite
    Bi
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Jordi Fabre]
    Site Photo
    Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © photo by Geoff Krasnov
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Don Volkman 02/06
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Djurleite
    Cu
     
    31
    		S
     
    16
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © JSS
  		•  Emplectite
    CuBiS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Enargite (TL)
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Type Locality: San Francisco vein, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    Reference: [Acta Crystallographica,B26,1878(1970)]
    Site Photo
    San Francisco vein, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Karl Volkman 10/07
  		•  Famatinite
    Cu
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Frank Keutsch
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997); Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.]
  		•  Hübnerite
    MnWO
     
    4
    Reference: [Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Christian Bracke
  		•  Luzonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Matildite (TL)
    AgBiS
     
    2
    Type Locality: Matilda Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1969) 9, 655; Dana 7:I:430.]
  		•  Mawsonite
    Cu
     
    6
    		Fe
     
    2
    		SnS
     
    8
    Reference: [Gramaccioli, C. M., 1985. Conoscere i minerali. I solfosali. Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara, 96 pp]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:430.]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Karl Volkman personal specimen]
    Site Photo
    Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Rob ++++++++
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
    Site Photo
    Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  'Serpentine Group'
    D
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		](OH)4 + or - nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:430.]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © Simone Citon
  		•  Stromeyerite
    AgCuS
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
  		•  Talc
    Mg
     
    3
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Werner, A.B.T., Sinclair, W.D., and Amey, E.B. (1998): US Geological Survey Circular 930-O.]
  		•  'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:430.]
  		•  Tremolite
    ☐[Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Vivianite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997); Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.; Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.]
  		•  Wolframite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
     
     
    		to (Mn
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)]
    Site Photo
    Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
    © John Sobolewski


    56 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Peru
     
    • Junín Department
      • Yauli Province
        • Morococha District

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