Mine detail: Salamanca Mine

Previously called 'YaretaniSocorro'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.16423, -66.43278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony, Gold
Ore:	Gold, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1937-1954

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	On West Flank Of Yaretani Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20300
DEP	10006307
Reference	{Deposit:: VEDIA, J., AND CAMACHO, E., 1976, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTATIACION MINA SALAMANCA: BANCO MINERO INFORME 12/76}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VEDIA AND CAMACHO (1976)}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.