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

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -15.49521, -60.68183
dep_id: 10006667
mrds_id: BL30242
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Apatite
gangue: Goethite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
model: 24: Carbonatite
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Ling, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Manomo Carbonatite Complex
hrock_type: Intrusive Carbonatite
disc_yr: 1980
discr: British Geological Survey/ Servicio Geologico De Bolivia
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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