Mine detail: Cerro Grande - Berenguela Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.88098, -66.36613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Silver, Antimony
Ore:	Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	VEINS AND POCKETS, DISSEMINATED
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host rock:	Torotoro;Suticollo
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Nw-Se, Major Conjugate Fissure Systems
Tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002066
DEP	10068810
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando