Mine detail: San Luis Mine

Previously called 'Maria Del Carmen Mercedes'

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.69825, -68.78564
dep_id: 10005984
mrds_id: BL10206
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
alteration: Contact Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.; Hinojosa, A., Long, K.R. (Usgs); Andre, O. (Geobol)
hrock_unit: Cabanillas Group
hrock_type: Quartzite,Mudstone,Conglomerate,Limestone
arock_type: Syenite
Structure: N45w Folding, Forced Intrusion Of Syenite Stock
References:
  • Deposit:: CIA. MINERA INTI ILLIMANI, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 20-21.
  • Deposit:: ULPH, R.B., 1989, THE GEOLOGY OF A REGION NORTH OF JESUS DE MACHACA, LA PAZ DEPARTMENT, BOLIVIA: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, UNPUBLISHED BSC THESIS, 33P.
  • Deposit:: BSC THESIS BY ULPH (1989
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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