Mine detail: Cuidado Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Eskapa'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.25589, -67.70782
dep_id: 10005855
mrds_id: BL10018
Commodity type: metallic
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Argillic, Silicification
ore_ctrl: Nw Breccia Zones
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Richter, Don (Usgs)
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: OFFICER, H.G., 1917, COMBINED REPORT ON THE ESCAPA COPPER MINE AND THE CUIDADO SILVER MINE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO ANDES EXPLORATION CO., 6P
  • Deposit:: PROSPECT EXAMINATION BY ANDES EXPLORATION CO. (ANACONDA) 1917
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL GEOLOGISTS IN 1990
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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