Mine detail: Milluri Mine

Previously called 'Oca?aVolcan Oca?aPrimera EsperanzaSalvadora'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.61452, -68.42757
dep_id: 10005959
mrds_id: BL10177
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Gypsum, Kaolinite, Opal
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration: Silicification, Argillization
ore_ctrl: Porous Volcanic Rock Beneath Impermeable Lava Flow
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Andesite
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:: CAMPUSANO, C. 1954?, BANCO MINERO INTERNAL REPORT
  • Deposit:: AVILA, W., SULFUR VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS: MINISTERIO DE MINERIA INFORME 545
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: (1) AHLFELD ET AL (1964); (2) CAMPUSANO (1954?); (3) AVILA (N.D.)
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