Mine detail: Lourdes Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.2977, -68.01618

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Apatite, Chlorite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Chucura Batholith
Associated type:	Granite
Tectonic:	Cordilleras Altas Orientales, Chucura Batholith

References

MRDS	W031457
DEP	10080337
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 74.}{Deposit:: GRANT, J.N., ET. AL., 1979, K-AR AGES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION IN PART OF THE BOLIVIAN TIN BELT: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 838-851.}
Reporter	Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.)