Mine detail: Manco Kapac Mine

Previously called 'Nelly'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.29545, -69.20982

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Cadmium
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Greenockite, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Kaolinite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Berenguela
Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Berenguela
Associated type:	Tuff

References

MRDS	BL10192
DEP	10005971
Reference	{Deposit:: SIRVAS C., FERNANDO, 1964, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION TAMBO MAURI-BERENGUELA, PROVINCIA PACAJES DE DEPARTAMENTO DE LA PAZ, REPUBLICA BOLVIANA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, MAP 1:50,000.}{Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P.}{Deposit:: FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990}{Deposit:: THESIS BY SIRVAS (1964)}{Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, K.R.