Mine detail: Palmira Mine

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.59768, -62.10353
dep_id: 10006704
mrds_id: BL30292
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Mica, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Kaolinite, Muscovite
gangue: Halloysite
orebody_fm: LENS
model: 41: Complex/zoned pegmatites
alteration: Kaolinized Feldspar
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Quiser Formation, La Bella Group
hrock_type: Pegmatite
prod_yrs: 1973
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:: FLETCHER, C.J.N. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE CONCEPCION: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: LITHERLAND ET.AL. (1986), P. 131.
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