Mine detail: San Luis Mine

Location:	La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-17.26711, -69.21454
dep_id:	10005972
mrds_id:	BL10193
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Cadmium, Silver, Copper
Minor mineral:	Lead
Trace mineral:	Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Galena, Greenockite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue:	Kaolinite
work_type:	Underground
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Kaolinite Selvages Around Veins
ore_ctrl:	E-W Structure
Reporter:	Long, K.R.
hrock_unit:	Berenguela
hrock_type:	Sandstone
discr:	Spanish Colonists
References:	Deposit:: SIRVAS C., FERNANDO, 1964, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION TAMBO MAURI-BERENGUELA, PROVINCIA PACAJES DE DEPARTAMENTO DE LA PAZ, REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA: UNBUBLISHED 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:: INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962) Deposit:: THESIS BY SIRVAS (1964) Other Database:: CIMRI