Mine detail: Veta Verde Mine

Location:	Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-17.35823, -68.40091
dep_id:	10086935
mrds_id:	BL10129
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Silver
Trace mineral:	Lead, Arsenic
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR
model:	197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Reporter:	Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit:	Totora;Huayllamarca
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	On W Flank Of Faulted Anticline (Same Structure As At Corocoro), Vertical Fractures
discr:	Spanish Colonists
References:	Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44 Deposit:: LOPEZ A., H., AND MURILLO V., J., 1963, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA VETA VERDE: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-243, 13P., MAP 1:25,000 Deposit:: LJUNGGREN, P., AND MEYER, H.C., 1964, THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE COROCORO BASIN, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, P. 110-125. Deposit:: MEYER, H.C., AND MURILLO, J.E., 1961, INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS EN LA FAJA CUPRIFERA ALTIPLANICA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 1, 49P. Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (LOPEZ AND MURILLO, 1963) Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963) Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963); LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963); MEYER AND MURILLO (1961)