Mine detail: Hucumarini Mine

Previously called 'Nueva Austria'

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -15.86439, -68.63286
dep_id: 10006245
mrds_id: BL20221
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Wolframite
gangue: Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: On West Side Of Sorata Batholith (Jurassic)
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Slate,Quartzite
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: MINTEC (1984), INTERNAL REPORT 1984-2-C-2.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: (1-4) MINTEC (1984); (5-6) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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