Mine detail: Los Colorados De Bolivia Mine

Previously called 'Rosario I'

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-21.81588, -66.45112
dep_id:	10005854
mrds_id:	BL10017
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Trace mineral:	Copper, Bismuth, Tin, Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Bismuthinite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Propylitic, Sericitic, Pyritic, Argillic
ore_ctrl:	E-W Fractures
Reporter:	Long, Keith R., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Rhyodacite
yr_lst_prd:	1930
discr:	Spanish Colonists
References:	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 DE POTOSI: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 80P.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