Mine detail: San Felipe Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.73932, -66.84948
dep_id: 10006286
mrds_id: BL20272
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Ferberite, Fluorite, Scheelite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Calderon, Raul, Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: N 40-60 W Anticline
References:
  • Deposit:: VARGAS, S.C., 1969, NON-METALIC DEPOSIT EVALUATION FLUORITE: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G2/419.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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