Mine detail: Bonete Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Bonete'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.75116, -66.47001

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper, Bismuth
Ore: Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tennantite
Gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Dacite
Associated type:Tuff,Dacite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSBL10187
DEP10005968
Reference{Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA BONETE: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-1, 4P.}{Deposit:: JIMENEZ, N., AND NU%EZ, G., 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE AND PUCA ORKHO: LA PAZ, UNDP, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 36P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, K.R.