Mine detail: Bonete Mine

Previously called 'Cerro Bonete'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.75116, -66.47001
dep_id: 10005968
mrds_id: BL10187
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tennantite
gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz, Siderite
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, K.R.
hrock_type: Tuff,Dacite
arock_type: Tuff,Dacite
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • 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NU%EZ, G., 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE AND PUCA ORKHO: LA PAZ, UNDP, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 36P.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
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