Mine detail: Uturuncu Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Uturuncu'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.24476, -67.18086

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyodacite
Associated type:Rhyodacite
Structure:Stratovolcano
Tectonic:Magmatic Arc

References

MRDSBL10181
DEP10005963
Reference{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}
ReporterLong, Keith R.