Mine detail: Pueblo Viejo Mine

Previously called 'Santa Elisa'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.66699, -66.27584
dep_id: 10006062
mrds_id: BL10355
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Gold
Minor mineral: Tin, Bismuth
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Gold, Sphalerite, Wolframite
gangue: Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Propylitic, Sericitic
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate,Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: PINTO, J., 1989, VISITA PRELIMINAR A LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CHOROMA Y ESMORACA: LA PAZ, UNDP, 4P.
  • Deposit:: FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Deposit:: GEOBOL, 1971, PROYECTO SUR LIPEZ-COMIBOL: GEOBOL REPORT TO COMIBOL
  • Deposit:: KILBURN, JOHN, 1994, DA CAPO TESTS BOLIVIAN PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 35, P. 1, 15.
  • Deposit:: VISIT NOV. 1990 USGS (S. LUDINGTON, E. DU BRAY) AND GEOBOL (E. SORIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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