Mine detail: Los Colorados De Bolivia Mine

Previously called 'Rosario I'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.81588, -66.45112

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Bismuth, Tin, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bismuthinite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1930

Geology

Host type:Rhyodacite
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Sericitic, Pyritic, Argillic

References

MRDSBL10017
DEP10005854
Reference{Deposit:: JIMENEZ CH., NESTOR, AND NUNEZ A., GERMAN, 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE Y PUCA ORKHO, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME NU-23, 35P., MAPS 1:50,000; 1:10,000}{Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA (GEOBOL), 1971, MINA COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-15, 7P.}{Deposit:: VALENCIA, J., 1973, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION ORIENTAL DEL CERRO BONETE, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ-DEPTO. DE POTOSI: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 80P.}{Deposit:: VEDIA M., J., 1960, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINERA MINA LOS COLORADOS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME TM-104, 3P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (PROYECTO LIPEZ, 1971) AND VEDIA (1960)}{Deposit:: VISITED OCT. 1990 USGS/GEOBOL}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ, 1988)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Mosier, Dan