Mine detail: Cobrizos Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.99118, -67.20947
dep_id: 10005927
mrds_id: BL10127
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Silver
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Travertine
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Fault Zone, Stratification
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Potoco;Minchin
hrock_type: Limestone
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA COBRIZAS: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-35, 25P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:200.
  • Deposit:: LYONS, W., 1957, GEOLOGIA Y RESULTADOS DE LAS PERFORACIONES EN COBRIZOS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)
  • Deposit:: REPORT TO COMIBOL BY KERSEN AND LYON IN 1957; 5 HOLES DRILLED
  • Deposit:: REPORT TO COMIBOL BY J. FUENTES IN 1967
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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