Mine detail: Cascabel Mine

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -15.71439, -68.6662
dep_id: 10006238
mrds_id: BL20211
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Boulangerite, Galena, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite, Zinkenite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Silicification, Argillization
ore_ctrl: Andesite Dike
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Slate,Quartzite,Shale
arock_type: Andesite
yr_lst_prd: 1984
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: INFORME DE EMPRESA MINERA KORI PUNKU SRL. ESTUDIO DE FACTIBILIDAD PARA EXPLOTACION Y TRATAMIENTO DE MINERALES MINA CASCABEL MAYO 1985
  • Deposit:: PROYECTO CORDILLERA (1980) AREA NORTE DE LA PAZ GE-G1/272 ARCHIVO GEOBOL.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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