Mine detail: San Josema Mine

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.50685, -60.66266
dep_id: 10006735
mrds_id: BL30325
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Beryllium, Tantalum, Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Beryl, Muscovite, Tantalite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface
model: 33: Be-Li pegmatites
alteration: Feldspar Kaolinized.
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Motacu Formation, San Ignacio Group
arock_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, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: LITHERLAND ET.AL. (1981), P. 118.
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