Mine detail: Inca Mine

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Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-21.10646, -67.19725
dep_id:	10005874
mrds_id:	BL10048
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral:	Antimony, Copper, Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Polybasite, Silver, Stromeyerite
gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Underground
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Clays
ore_ctrl:	Contact Between Andesite Porphyry And Sandstone
Reporter:	Long, Keith R.; Hinojosa, A., Richter, Don (Usgs)
hrock_unit:	Potoco
hrock_type:	Sandstone
arock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	N10w Anticline, Fractures
yr_lst_prd:	1966
discr:	Spanish Colonists
References:	Deposit:: VEDIA M., J., AND CORTEZ, G., 1966, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA DE HIERRO Y PLATA INCA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-497, 4P., MAP 1:200. Deposit:: JACOBSON, H.S., AND MURILLO, C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CRISTOBAL DISTRICT, VILLA MARTIN PROVINCE, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1273, 22P., MAPS. Deposit:: TORRICO, H., 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE SAN CRISTOBAL: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1944, LA GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE SAN CRISTOBAL DE LIPEZ (BOLIVIA): MINERIA BOLIVIANA, V. 1, N. 8, P. 9-15. Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JACOBSON AND MURILLO (1969) Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL MAY, 1990 Deposit:: THESIS BY TORRICO (1966) Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY VEDIA AND CORTEZ (1966) Other Database:: CIMRI