Mine detail: Santa Fe Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.06432, -66.84726
dep_id: 10080434
mrds_id: W031626
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
ore_ctrl: Shear System In A Belt With A Nw Trend
Reporter: Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando
hrock_unit: Pampa;Tromchiri;Cancaniri
hrock_type: Siltstone
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
Structure: Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into A Nw Trending Anticline With An East Overturn
tectonic: Nw Trending Eastern Cordillera
Year first produced: 1888
disc_yr: 1888
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., SCHEIDER-SCHERBINA A., 1964, LOS YACIMENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5
  • Deposit:: MAGLIOLA, H., 1968, INVESTIGACIONES-GEOLOGIA-MINERAS DE LA MINA SANTA FE, INFORME NO. 2250, COMIBOL
  • Deposit:: BARKER, 1963, INFORME GEOLOGICO-GEOJISICO PRELIMINAR SANTA FE-MOROCOCALA: INFORME NO. 2043, COMIBOL
  • Deposit:: BARKER, 1964, REPORT ON GEOLOGY OF SANTA FE-MOROCOCALA AREA: INFORME NO. 2041, COMIBOL
  • Deposit:: MAGLIOLA, H., 1970, CRITERIOS DE EXPLORACION EN EL DISTRITO MINERO SANTA FE-MOROCOCALA: INFORME COMIBOL
  • Deposit:: GEOBOL, 1973, SANTA FE: INFORME GR-55-56 COMIBOL
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