Mine detail: Don Mario Prospect

Previously called 'Cerro Don Mario'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.33515, -59.67875

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tremolite
Discovery year:	1991

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	San Ignacio Supergroup
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Structure:	N45w Trending Syncline, N45w Trending Fault: N-S75w Faults.
Alteration processes:	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.

References

MRDS	BL30027
DEP	10006489
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J. (Long, Keith R.)