Mine detail: San Jorge Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.46422, -65.54943

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
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:	Obispo
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	On E Limb Of Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20430
DEP	10006405
Reference	{Deposit:: FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 298/82}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Guerra, Edwin, Long, Keith R.