Mine detail: Porvenir Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.38097, -66.69947
dep_id: 10006348
mrds_id: BL20349
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Uncia Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: On E Flank Of Challapacheta Anticline
References:
  • Deposit:: GEOBOL/BANCO MUNDIAL, 1976, ESTUDIO DE PREFACTIBILIDAD MINA PORVENIR CODIGO 208-22-05: GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORT
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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