Mine detail: El Mestizo Mine

Previously called 'MestizoCerro Mestizo. Adits: AlciraAlpaza'

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Location

Lat / long:

-21.90338, -66.95253

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Antimony
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Covellite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Cervantite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior
Host type:	Mudstone
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Distal Propylitization, Kaolinization

References

MRDS	BL10001
DEP	10097681
Reference	{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1989, MESTIZO, PROSPECTO DE ORO DE BAJA LEY Y GRAN VOLUMEN, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, FOLLETO TECNICO PROMOCIONAL, 6P., MAPS, 1:10,000 AND 1:100,000.}{Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA MESTIZO: PROYECTO LIPEZ/COMIBOL/71}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (1989)}{Deposit:: GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Long, K.R.; Enriquez, R, Mosier, Dan