Mine detail: San Luis Mine

Previously called 'Vila Khollo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.56843, -65.97445

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1965
Last production ended:	1991

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Mondragon
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Structure:	Folding And Fracturing; Nw-Se And Ne-Sw.
Alteration processes:	Pyritization, Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20156
DEP	10006198
Reference	{Deposit:: MORALES, E., JEMIO, J., AND AVENDANO, A., 1984, SAN LUIS MINE SEMIMECHANIZATION PROJECT REPORT: GEOBO}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MORALES AND OTHERS (1984)}
Reporter	Cardenas, Nestor, Long, Keith R.