Mine detail: San Luis

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Location

Lat / long: -29.84968, -71.08871

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Braunite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Manganite, Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Arqueros Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSTC04939
DEP10058642
Reference{Deposit:: SERPLAC, 1981, INVENTARIO DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA IV REGION:SANTIAGO (28 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: AGUIRRE, L., AND MEHECH, S., 1964, STRATIGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MANGANESE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF COQUIMBO PROVINCE, CHILE: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, NO. 3, P. 428-442.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Page, Norman J.