Mine detail: Dos Amigos Mine

Previously called 'Pacocagua'

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.316, -69.24176
dep_id: 10005973
mrds_id: BL10194
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Long, K.R.
hrock_unit: Cerke
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Cerke
arock_type: Andesite
yr_lst_prd: 1780
disc_yr: 1650
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P
  • Deposit:: FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL
  • Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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