Mine detail: Carma Mine

Previously called 'Kharma'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.76232, -65.8425

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Antimony, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Alunite, Barite, Calcite, Goethite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Mudstone,Shale
Structure:	On W Flank Of An Anticline, N Trending Minor Fault That Cuts Only Ord, Dips 45-50e, Contains Three Ore Bodies.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20322
DEP	10006325
Reference	{Deposit:: VEIDA, J., AND VELASCO, P., 1976, CARMA MINE PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: DILL, H.G., WEISER, T., BERNHARDT, J.R., AND RIERA KILBARDA, C., 1995, THE COMPOSITE GOLD-ANTIMONY VEIN DEPOSIT AT KHARMA (BOLIVIA): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 90, NO. 1, P. 51-66.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VEDIA AND VELASCO (1976), DILL AND OTHERS (1995)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Llano Zarate, Silvia F., Long, Keith R.