Mine detail: Cerro Grande - Berenguela Mines

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Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.88098, -66.36613
dep_id: 10068810
mrds_id: W002066
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead
Trace mineral: Silver, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: VEINS AND POCKETS, DISSEMINATED
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
conc_proc: Mesothermal Epigenetic Veins. To South Of Area, Zn, Pb, Ag And Sb Minerals Become Noteworthy
ore_ctrl: Conjugate Nw And Ne Fissure Systems In Nw-Trending Folded Sedimentary Rocks.
Reporter: Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando
hrock_unit: Torotoro;Suticollo
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Nw-Se, Major Conjugate Fissure Systems
tectonic: Eastern Cordillera
Year first produced: 1870
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. DE GEOL. BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), P 150-152
  • Deposit:: GUMUCIO, CARLOS, 1967, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE COLCHA-CERRO GRANDE-BOLIVAR: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO
  • Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1970
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