Mine detail: Esperada Mine

Previously called 'Esperanza'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.87504, -65.78527

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1850

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Agua Y Toro
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	On East Limb Of Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20415
DEP	10006394
Reference	{Deposit:: FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 314/82}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.