Mine detail: Esperanza Mine

Previously called 'Segunda Esperanza'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.80922, -66.48889
dep_id: 10005898
mrds_id: BL10077
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena
gangue: Clay, Limonite
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
Year first produced: 1967
References:
  • Deposit:: CORTEZ, L., AND KURONUMA, H., 1969, INFORME SOBRE ASISTENCIA TECNICA MINA ESPERANZA Y SEGUNDA ESPERANZA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-645, 9P., MAP 1:500
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, CORTEZ AND KURONUMA (1969
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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