Mine detail: San Jose De Toropalca Mine

Previously called 'San Juan Mining Enterprise'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.34758, -65.74944

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	On W Limb Of Anticline

References

MRDS	BL20499
DEP	10097745
Reference	{Deposit:: VARGAS, W, AND, BALLIVIAN, M., 1979, MINING-TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT NO. 694: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/448).}{Deposit:: ALSO REPORT GB-M 468 (1965).}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992) COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Aviles A., Osvaldo, Long, Keith R.