Mine detail: Cerro Manomo Carbonatite U-Th-Apatite Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -15.49521, -60.68183

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Thorium
Ore: Apatite
Gangue: Goethite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1980

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Manomo Carbonatite Complex
Host type:Intrusive Carbonatite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSBL30242
DEP10006667
Reference{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}
ReporterLing, Keith R.