Mine detail: Sillimanite Occurrence

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.0313, -61.41018
dep_id: 10006715
mrds_id: BL30305
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Garnet
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Lomas Maneches Group
hrock_type: Schist
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:: LITHERLAND, M. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE SAN IGNACIO DE VELASCO, THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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