Mine detail: Suiza Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.32339, -65.44415

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
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 Both Limbs Of An Anticline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	BL20521
DEP	10006476
Reference	{Deposit:: FONEM INFORME PROYECTO NO. 271/82}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Guerra, Edwin, Long, Keith R.