Mine detail: Cerro Negro Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.62811, -67.13891
dep_id: 10005880
mrds_id: BL10057
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Preferred Beds
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Quehua Inferior
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Linares Anticline
Year first produced: 1970
disc_yr: 1970
discr: Cooperativa Nuevos Horizontes
References:
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA LINARES-CERRO NEGRO: PROYECTO COMIBOL-LIPEZ-70 INFORME GE-28/29, 21P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:50
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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