Mine detail: Don Mario Prospect

Previously called 'Cerro Don Mario'

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.33515, -59.67875
dep_id: 10006489
mrds_id: BL30027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tremolite
alteration: Oxidized To 40 M Depth, Including 10 M Thick Oxide-Sulfide Transition Zone. Metamorphosed Primary Alteration Includes Lenses Of Dolomite-Actinolite-Quartz-Biotite-Garnet-Magnetite.
Reporter: Page, Norman J. (Long, Keith R.)
hrock_unit: San Ignacio Supergroup
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
Structure: N45w Trending Syncline, N45w Trending Fault: N-S75w Faults.
disc_yr: 1991
discr: Battle Mountain Gold/ Cia Minera Santa Rosa Joint Venture
References:
  • Deposit:: (1) ANONYMOUS, 1993, PRECAMBRIAN COPPER-GOLD IN BOLIVIA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 194, N. 8, P. WW-9, WW-12.
  • Deposit:: (2) MIKE BENNETT, RTZ CORP., TALK GIVEN AT PRIMERA RUEDA DE NEGOCIOS E INVERSION SOBRE MINERIA EN BOLIVIA, SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA. SEPT. 22, 1992.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1994, BOLIVIA: PRECAMBRIAN POTENTIAL: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, OCT. 7, 1994, V. 323, NO. 8296, P. 258.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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