Mine detail: La Moza Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.73311, -66.45945
dep_id: 10005935
mrds_id: BL10142
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Zinc, Copper, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Sericite, Kaolinite, Chlorite; Silicification Grades Outward Into Mixed Silicification, Argillization And Propylitization.
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, K.R.; Camacho, E.
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA LA MOZA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-18, 7P., MAP 1:1,000.
  • Deposit:: MEDINA C., ALFONSO, AND IBA%EZ V., VICTOR, 1988, CARACTERISTICAS GEOLOGICAS Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE LIPE%A-LA MOZA Y BARRAHUAYCO, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME, 24P., MAP 1:10,000.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (MEDINA ET AL, 1988)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: MEDINA AND IBA%EZ (1988)
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