Mine detail: Morococha

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.54788, -76.13305

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore:	Alabandite, Arsenic, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cubanite, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Greenockite, Huebnerite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Proustite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Alunite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sericite, Serpentine, Siderite, Talc
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Group;Casapalca Formation;Goyllarisquisga Formation (Santa Toribo Formation);Purcara Group (Potosi Formation)
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Catalina Volcanics;San Francisco , Potosi, And Gertrudis Stocks
Associated type:	Tuff,Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Structure:	Northwest Plunging Anticline, Anticona Intrusive, Gertrudis Intrusive, San Francisco Intrusive, Potosi Intrusive, Veins
Alteration processes:	Recrystallization And Dolomitization Of Limestone; Anhydrous Silicate Skarn And Hornfels Development, Hydrated Silicate Alteration Composed Of Serpentine, Talc, And Chlorite; Anhydrite-Gypsum Replacing Limestones And Associated Collapse Breccias.

References

MRDS	W029832
DEP	10079730
Reference	{Deposit:: RIDGE, JOHN D., 1972, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, P.606, ED. THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., MEMOIR 131}{Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P.100, ED. SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, OCT. 1972}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR * GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, REPORTING SERVICES EDITORIALES S.R.L., 139-142.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979, P. 323.}{Deposit:: ENGINEENG AND MINING JOURNAL, 1980, P. 331.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1985, P. 29AGELL, R.H., 1960, ORE CONTROLS IN THE MOROCOCHA DISTRICT PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 5, P. 962-984.}{Deposit:: NAGELL, R.H., 1957, ANHYDRITE COMPLEX OF THE MOROCOCHA DISTRICT, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 6, P. 632-644.}{Deposit:: PETERSEN, U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 407-476.}{Production:: D1,2) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977. D3,4,5,6) DAILY NEWS 8.2.1975. D7) TO D72) WORLD MINING, FEB. 1968; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: E1) INTERNAT. DIR. OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCES. OPERAT. 1977. NAGELL (1957).}
Reporter	Theune, C.T., Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.