Mine detail: Jatun Orcko Mine

Previously called 'Santo Domingo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.6309, -65.54943

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Tertiary:	Cobalt, Arsenic
Gangue:	Calcite, Celestite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20082
DEP	10006143
Reference	{Deposit:: ING. RAUL TARQUINO (1969) - 1S7.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Edwin Guerra, Long, Keith R.