Mine detail: Cerro Soniquera Occurrence

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.99977, -67.21891
dep_id: 10006006
mrds_id: BL10272
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Opal
orebody_fm: LENS
model: 167: Fumarolic sulfur
alteration: Argillization
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Stratovolcano
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: DEL CARPIO, EDILBER, 1972, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO REGIONAL DE SONIQUERA: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO
  • Deposit:: PLOSKONKA, E., 1975, GEOLOGIA Y PETROGRAFIA DEL VOLCAN SONIQUERA: YACIMIENTOS PETROLIFEROS FISCALES BOLIVIANOS REVISTA TECNICA, V. 4, N. 3, P. 581-598.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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