Mine detail: Don Juan Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.111, -67.23338

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Llallagua
Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Santa Vera Cruz Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Santa Vera Cruz Syncline, Dikes
Alteration processes:	Pyritization

References

MRDS	BL20147
DEP	10100651
Reference	{Deposit:: VIA, A., SALVADOR, N., AND AVENDANO, A., 1984, PROYECTO DE SEMIMECANIZACION MINA DON JUAN: GEOBOL INFORME.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VIA AND OTHERS (1984)}
Reporter	Cardenas, Nestor, Long, Keith R., Blacutt, William