| Location: | Oruro, Bolivia, South America |
| Lat / long: | -18.83819, -68.62785 |
| dep_id: | 10005848 |
| mrds_id: | BL10009 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodonite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 77: Sn-polymetallic vein |
| alteration: | Argillic, Propylitic. Ore Is Oxidized From 8 To 15 M Depth. |
| ore_ctrl: | Fractures |
| Reporter: | Long, Keith R., Ratte, Jim And Gamble, Bruce |
| hrock_type: | Tuff,Andesite |
| arock_type: | Tuff,Andesite |
| Structure: | N-S Syncline With Axis 1 Km W Of Town Of Negrillos, N80e 65n Fault Zones |
| Year first produced: | 1600 |
| disc_yr: | 1600 |
| discr: | Spanish Colonists |
| References: |
- Deposit:: AVILA SALINAS BALDIVIESO, WALDO ARTURO, 1965, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE CARANGAS Y SUS ALREDADORES: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DEL GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS, 150P., MAP 1:50,000.
- Deposit:: GUERRA, M., URIBE, H., AND OTAZO, N., 1965, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA DE PLATA EMPRESA MINERA LA PLATA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-463, 13P., MAPS 1:2,000, 1:500.
- Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GUERRA ET AL (1965)
- Deposit:: THESIS BY AVILA-SALINAS (1965)
- Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL GEOLOGISTS SEPT 1990
- Other Database:: CIMRI
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