Mine detail: Congreso and San Fermin Mines

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.56794, -68.20395
dep_id: 10005998
mrds_id: BL10226
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcocite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
alteration: Bleaching
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION GEOLOGICA ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44, 158P.
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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