Mine detail: Victoria Mine

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-21.49256, -68.09311
dep_id:	10005890
mrds_id:	BL10068
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Sulfur
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Sulfur
gangue:	Chalcedony, Clay, Kaolinite, Opal
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
model:	167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration:	Silicification, Argillization
ore_ctrl:	N-S Fractures, Fissures, Porous Ash Beds
Reporter:	Long, Keith R.
hrock_type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	Stratovolcano
tectonic:	Magmatic Arc
Year first produced:	1958
References:	Deposit:: PONCE V., J., 1967, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINAS VICTORIA Y EL TRIUNFO: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-547, 9P., MAP 1:2,500. Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 333-4. Deposit:: SANTIESTEBAN A., CARLOS, 1972, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA SERRANIA DE CA%APA: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO Deposit:: ESPINOZA, A., 1990, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, PONCE (1967 Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: PONCE (1967)