Mine detail: La Bomba Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.70599, -66.96615
dep_id: 10080373
mrds_id: W031497
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Scheelite
gangue: Aragonite, Barite, Calcite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 46: W veins
ore_ctrl: Fault Or Shear Zone Which Crosses Sandstone Capping The Summit
Reporter: Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.)
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Conde Auque Ridge, A Vast Nw Trending Anticline
tectonic: Cordilleras Altas Orientales
References:
  • AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 98, 100
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