Mine detail: Carmen Ii Mine

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.3648, -65.66055
dep_id: 10006115
mrds_id: BL20048
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fracturing Near Toropalca Fault (Miocene)
Reporter: Cardenas, Nestor, Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Slate,Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Wnw-Ssw Syncline, Toropalca Fault
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: LAURA, F., 1983, CARMEN-II MINE, PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME 045/83
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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