Mine detail: Milluni Mine

Previously called 'FabulosaUnionHuaynaEsperanzaSan AlbertoCarmenSanta Rosa. Veins: RothschildCompaniaSalvadora'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.3152, -68.14645

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, Lithium
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Lithiophilite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Triphylite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Apatite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Garnet, Lazulite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1912
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host rock:	Catavi
Host type:	Quartzite,Phyllite
Associated rock:	Huayna Potosi Batholith
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Contact Metamorphism Of Shale; Greisen

References

MRDS	BL20163
DEP	10006203
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA (BOLIVIA) BOLETIN NO. 5 (ESPECIAL), P. 134.}{Deposit:: LEHMAN, B., 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILLERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, REIHE A, N. 14, 135 P.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: SUGAKI, A., AND OTHERS, 1985, GEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE LA PZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SERIES 3, V. 16, N. 2, P. 131-198.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: (1) GEOBOL FILES; (2-5) THAYER LINDSLEY FILES; MINES HANDBOOK V. 16, P. 2282, V. 18, P. 2813. ALSO GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)}
Reporter	Cuiza, Juan, Long, Keith R.