Mine detail: Berenguela Mine

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Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.89765, -66.38279
dep_id: 10081857
mrds_id: W044247
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Silver, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
ore_ctrl: Nw Trending Fissures
Reporter: Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into Syncline With Mineralization On West Flank
tectonic: Nw-Se Trending Eastern Cordillera
Year first produced: 1936
disc_yr: 1936
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5.
  • Deposit:: GUMUCIO, CARLOS, 1967, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE COLCHA-CERRO GRANDE-BOLIVAR: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO
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