Mine detail: Orquestaca Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.76422, -65.78277

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Stibnite
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 type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	On E Flank Of Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillization, Surficial Oxidation

References

MRDS	BL20444
DEP	10006415
Reference	{Deposit:: VEDIA, J., AND CAMACHO, E., 1976, PROGRAMA DE INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME}{Deposit:: SANDOVAL, L. AND OTHERS, 1978, ESTUDIO DE VIABILIDAD, MINA ORQUESTACA: GEOBOL INFORME}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.