Mine detail: Morokho Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Moroco, Himalaya, Cerro MorucoAdit: KosanVein: Rica'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.84033, -66.5839

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite, Galena, Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1865

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	Sericite-Pyrite (Kaolinite-Goethite-Jarosite-Limonite)

References

MRDS	BL10139
DEP	10005934
Reference	{Deposit:: ZUBRZYCKI, P.P., AND MURILLO, J.A., 1958, MINA HIMALAYA: CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA INFORME}{Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA HIMALAYA: PROYETO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-03, 28P., MAP 1:1,000.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BILBAO, IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL, P. 163}{Deposit:: REQUENA M., EDGAR A., 1971, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO Y PETROLOGICO DE LA REGION BUENA VISTA, MULATO Y MOROCO: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO}{Deposit:: GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION BY GEOBOL (1971), 88 SAMPLES IN 122,000 SQ M AREA ANALYZED FOR PB AND ZN.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIBATIONS BY COMIBOL (ZUBRZYCKI AND MURILLO)}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)}{Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL NOV. 1990}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.