Mine detail: La Casualidad and San Francisco Mines

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.75186, -68.73064
dep_id: 10005923
mrds_id: BL10120
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Cu Minerals Replace Organic Material
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Tiahuanacu
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Nw Anticline
References:
  • Deposit:: VARGAS, W., 1967, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE (PRIMERA PARTE) COROCORO-GUAQUI: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-24, 36P., MAPS 1:1,000
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (VARGAS, 1967
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: VARGAS (1967)
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