Mine detail: Tres Hugos Mine

Previously called 'Marcelo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.47687, -68.35924

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Tungsten, Tin
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Cassiterite, Gold, Sphalerite, Stannite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Two Meter Wide Zone Of Bleaching, Silicification And Tourmalinization Around The Principle Vein.

References

MRDS	BL30023
DEP	10006487
Reference	{Deposit:: PINTO V., J., 1988, MODELO CONCEPTUAL Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE LA REGION UBINA, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROJECT BOL/87/12, 22 P.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HYDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964) P. 207.}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.