Mine detail: El Desierto Mine

Previously called 'CaytiCaiti'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.53925, -68.52812
dep_id: 10005957
mrds_id: BL10175
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration: Argillization
ore_ctrl: Faults And Fractures Related To Parasitic Cones
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Tuff
Structure: Stratovolcano
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 332
  • Deposit:: ECHENIQUE M., ANTONIO, 1972, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DEL YACIMIENTO DE AZUFRE DE SAN PABLO DE NAPA: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO
  • Deposit:: AVILA, W., SULFUR VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS: MINISTERIO DE MINERIA INFORME 545.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: (1) AHLFELD ET AL (1964); (2) AVILA (N.D.)
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