Mine detail: Cerro Tunapa Occurrence

Previously called 'TunapaVolcan Tunapa'

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -19.82204, -67.64532
dep_id: 10005962
mrds_id: BL10180
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Realgar, Sulfur
gangue: Gypsum
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration: Advanced Argillic
ore_ctrl: Porous Tuff
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Stratovolcano
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 334.
  • Deposit:: SANJINES V., ORLANDO, 1968, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE TAGUA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 102P., MAP 1:50,000.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Deposit:: THESIS BY SANJINES (1968
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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