Mine detail: Avicaya - Antequera - Totoral Mines

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.47263, -66.84114
dep_id: 10068809
mrds_id: W002065
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin, Tungsten
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Tourmalinization
conc_proc: Pneumatolitic - Hypothermal Epigenetic Veins And Disseminations.
ore_ctrl: Five Veins, With Disseminations Into Wallrocks.
Reporter: Irving, Earl M.
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Monzonite
Year first produced: 1894
disc_yr: 1894
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: DEPTO NAC. GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), PP. 161-16
  • Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1970
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