Mine detail: Puntillas Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.05229, -67.43781
dep_id: 10005872
mrds_id: BL10046
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Brochantite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tenorite
gangue: Agate, Chalcedony
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Preferred Beds, Veins
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: San Vicente
hrock_type: Conglomerate
Structure: Fractures
Year first produced: 1964
disc_yr: 1964
discr: Florencio Colque
References:
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA PUNTILLAS: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-34, 22P., MAPS 1:1,000, 1:500
  • Deposit:: EXAMINED BY J. FUENTES FOR COMIBOL IN 1967
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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