Mine detail: Morococala-Santa Fe-Japo Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.16431, -66.8328

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite
Orebody form:	OVALOID
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1888

Geology

Host rock:	Pampa;Llallagua;Cancaniri
Host type:	Quartzite,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Morococala
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	N 35 W Anticline In Epal Sedimentary Rocks
Tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002045
DEP	10068794
Reference	{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., 1960, COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL., V. 55, NOS. 2 & 3, PP. 217-254, 574-606.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. DE GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), 388 P.}{Deposit:: CHACE, F. M., 1948, TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL. V. 43, PP. 333-383, AND 435-470.}{Deposit:: THORMANN, W., LJUNDGREN, P., AND VIRREIRA, M., 1966, INVESTIGACIONES PRELIMINARES SOBRE LA GEOTECTICA Y METALLOGENOSIS DE LA ZONA CHALLAPATA-CAXATA, BOLIVIA: SERV. GEOL. BOL., BOL. 7, 118 P.}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M.