Mine detail: Huanuni Mine

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Location:	Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-18.26708, -66.82725
dep_id:	10068803
mrds_id:	W002058
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tin
Minor mineral:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite
gangue:	Apatite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
model:	77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration:	Silicification
conc_proc:	Hypothermal (350-500 Deg C) Cassiterite; Epithermal Later Minerals.
ore_ctrl:	Fractures And Breccia Zones Crossing Structure Of Host Sediments
Reporter:	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando
hrock_unit:	Pampa;Llallagua;Cancaniri Graywacke (7300 M.Y.);Huanuni Schist
hrock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
arock_type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	N-S Anticline In L. Paleozoic Sediments, Tentional Fracture And Shear Pattern
tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera
Year first produced:	1880
disc_yr:	1880
discr:	Natives, Then British Firm; Later Operated By Patino
References:	Deposit:: CHACE, F. M., 1948, TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 43, PP. 333-383 AND 435-470 Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., COMPARITIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL., V. 55, PP. 217-254, 574-606 Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), 388 P. Deposit:: THORMANN, W., LJUNDGREN, P., VIRVEIRA, M., 1966, INVESTIGACIONES PRELIMINARES SOBRE LA GEOTECTONICA Y METALOGENEGIS DE LA ZONA CHALLAPATA-CAXATA, BOLIVIA: SERV. GEOL. BOL., BOL. 7, 118 P. Deposit:: SILLITOE, H.R., HALL, C., AND GRANT, N.J., 1975, PORPHYRY TIN DEPOSITS IN BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL., V. 70, P. 913-927. Deposit:: PROSPECTION-4, 1966, HUANUNI, INFORME # 1962, COMIBOL. Production:: AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964