Mine detail: Cerro Zapaleri Prospect

Previously called 'Cristobal Colon'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -22.79753, -67.19947
dep_id: 10006004
mrds_id: BL10264
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Manganese, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Kaolinite, Opal
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration: Silicification, Argillization
ore_ctrl: N-S Fractures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Dacite
Structure: Stratovolcano
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: RODRIGUEZ, R., AND OTHERS, 1976, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL DE LOS ANDES: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 41P.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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