Mine detail: La Salvadora Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.54766, -67.18282
dep_id: 10006467
mrds_id: BL20510
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cervantite, Stibnite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: N5e-Trending Synclines And Anticlines, E-W Post-Mineralization Faults
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: VEDIA, J., AND VELASCO, P., 1977, PROGRAMA DE INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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