Mine detail: San Jose De Berenguela Mine

Previously called 'ElisaHucurani'

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.28573, -69.23204
dep_id: 10005977
mrds_id: BL10198
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue: Opal, Rhodochrosite
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
ore_ctrl: E-W Structure
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Huallyamarca
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Fault Sets Striking 95 And 120, And 160 And 70, With Displacements Up To 50 M.
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P
  • Deposit:: FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990
  • Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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