Mine detail: Nuevo Mundo Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.93699, -66.89946
dep_id: 10005941
mrds_id: BL10150
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Tennantite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Sericite, Kaolin, Chlorite, Pyrite, Silica
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, K.R.
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA NUEVO MUNDO: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-12, 40P., MAP 1:1,000
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)
  • Deposit:: PROSPECTED BY COMIBOL 1958
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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