Mine detail: Sorpresa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.84759, -65.66611

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1850

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite
Structure:	On Flank Of An Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20324
DEP	10006327
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMACHO, E., 1976, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION: GEOBOL}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.