Mine detail: Pueblo Viejo Mine

Previously called 'Santa Elisa'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.66699, -66.27584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Gold
Secondary:	Tin, Bismuth
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Gold, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate,Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	Propylitic, Sericitic

References

MRDS	BL10355
DEP	10006062
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Long, Keith R., Page, Norman J.