Mine detail: Morokho Mine

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-21.84033, -66.5839
dep_id:	10005934
mrds_id:	BL10139
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral:	Tin
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cassiterite, Galena, Miargyrite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Ankerite, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
work_type:	Underground
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Sericite-Pyrite (Kaolinite-Goethite-Jarosite-Limonite)
ore_ctrl:	Fractures Spaced 5 To 50 Per M
Reporter:	Long, Keith R.
hrock_type:	Dacite
arock_type:	Dacite
Year first produced:	1865
References:	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