Mine detail: Morococala-Santa Fe-Japo Mines

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.16431, -66.8328
dep_id: 10068794
mrds_id: W002045
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite
gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite
orebody_fm: OVALOID
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
ore_ctrl: Tension Fractures Trending N 30 E To N 50 E Across Anticline
Reporter: Irving, Earl M.
hrock_unit: Pampa;Llallagua;Cancaniri
hrock_type: Quartzite,Sandstone
arock_unit: Morococala
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Structure: N 35 W Anticline In Epal Sedimentary Rocks
tectonic: Eastern Cordillera
Year first produced: 1888
disc_yr: 1888
References:
  • 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
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