Mine detail: Thappy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.91424, -65.63277

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Stibnite
Gangue:	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 type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	On East Flank Of Nw Trending Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20517
DEP	10006473
Reference	{Deposit:: VEDIA, J., GONZALES, R., AND ATASEVIC, V., 1978, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA THAPPY CODIGO 309-0197-13: GEOBOL/BANCO MUNDIAL}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.