Mine detail: Machu Socavon Mine

Previously called 'San Antonio De Lipez'

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-21.86644, -66.8314
dep_id:	10005847
mrds_id:	BL10007
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue:	Alunite, Barite, Jarosite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Core Of Silicic Alteration Flanked By Sericitic (Inner) And Argillic (Outer) Alteration. Silicified Zone Is Capped By Opaline Bodies In Propylitized Dacite.
ore_ctrl:	Possible Nw Trending Structure, Hydrothermal Breccias
Reporter:	Long, Keith R., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Dacite
discr:	Spanish Colonists
References:	Deposit:: FLORES A., MARIO, 1988, IDENTIFICATION Y EVALUACION PRELIMINAR DE YACIMIENTOS EPITERMALES DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE SAN ANTONIO DE LIPEZ, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME NU-24, 23P, MAPS, 1:100,000; 1:10,000. Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA SAN ANTONIO: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-10, 86P. Deposit:: OUDEMANS, W., AND ZUBRZYCKI, P.P., 1958, INFORME DE LA MINA MACHU SOCAVON: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO COMIBOL Deposit:: ZUBRZYCKI, P.P., AND BUSTOS, A., 1958, INFORME DE LA MINA MACHU SOCAVON: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO COMIBOL Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY ZUBRZYCKI (1956) Deposit:: REGIONAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING BY GEOBOL, SAN PABLO DE LIPEZ (6228) 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL STUDY BY GEOBOL PROYECTO LIPEZ (1970) Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL STUDY BY UNDP PROGRAM (FLORES, 1988) Other Database:: CIMRI