Mine detail: Amethyst Occurrence

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -15.74048, -61.44796
dep_id: 10006660
mrds_id: BL30235
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Amethyst
alteration: Extensive Zone Of Wall Rock Alteration.
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Rio Paragua Complex
hrock_type: Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153P.
  • Deposit:: HAWKINS, M.P., AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE MANOMO, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - GEOBOL, 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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