Potosi
Past Producer
El Morro Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
LENTICULAR
Ore control
Preferred Beds, Fractures
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone
Structure
Syncline, Fractures
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10005883
MRDS ID
BL10061
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.65283, -67.11725
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA EL MORRO: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-27, 12P., MAPS 1:500GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971CIMRI