Mine detail: Uturuncu Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Uturuncu'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -22.24476, -67.18086
dep_id: 10005963
mrds_id: BL10181
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
ore_ctrl: Porous Tuff
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Rhyodacite
arock_type: Rhyodacite
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. 333.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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