Mine detail: Rincon Del Tigre

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.20428, -58.24927

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite
Gangue:	Albite, Barite, Chlorite, Epidote, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Prehnite
Discovery year:	1981

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

Plagioclase Sausseritised. Other Alteration Minerals Include Chlorite, Prehnite, Albite, Epidote, Barite. Weathered Gabbro Is Kaolinized.

References

MRDS	BL30396
DEP	10006792
Reference	{Deposit:: LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.}{Deposit:: MONTEMURRO G., AND OTHERS, 1984, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE RINCON DEL TIGRE-LA GAIBA, INSTITUTO OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNITED KINGDOM, GEOBOL, BOLIVIA , 1:250,000.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.