Mine detail: Tatasi-Portugalete Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.15589, -66.16612

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Cadmium, Bismuth, Tin, Copper, Antimony
Ore:	Argentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Jamesonite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1973

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite

References

MRDS	W002049
DEP	10068797
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE CARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), P. 300.}{Deposit:: MARSH, H., 1963, FINAL REPORT ON GEOLOGY OF TATASI-PORTUGALETE, QUECHISLA. INFORME # 2080-COMIBOL.}{Deposit:: PINTO V., J, 1988, MODELO CONCEPTUAL Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS TATASI, POTOSI - BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESARROLLO, PROYECTOS BOL/87/012, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 32 P., MAP 1:10,000.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando (Long, Keith R.)