Mine detail: Constancia Mine

Previously called 'Turqui'

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Location

Lat / long:

-19.45843, -65.97362

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	On E Flank Of A N30w Trending Anticline
Alteration processes:	Sericitization Of Porphyry Dikes And Sills

References

MRDS	BL20329
DEP	10097724
Reference	{Deposit:: VARGAS, W., AND OTHERS, 1977, INFORME DE VIABILIDAD TECNICO ECONOMICO MINA CONSTANCIA: GEOBOL INFORME}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)}
Reporter	Long, Keith R.