Mine detail: Kaolin-Mica Occurrence

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Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.66156, -60.96073
dep_id: 10006760
mrds_id: BL30351
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mica, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kaolinite, Muscovite
gangue: Feldspar, Quartz
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, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE SAN IGNACIO DE VELASCO, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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