Mine detail: Atocha Mine

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.08792, -66.33585
dep_id: 10097725
mrds_id: BL20341
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Atacamite, Cerargyrite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: Propylitization (Chlorite), Supergene (Limonite)
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Torotoro
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Nw-W Trending Homocline Dipping Sw
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: TARQUINO, R., 1968, MINTEC INTERNAL REOPORT I-VM-12/I-A21
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.