Mine detail: Porvenir and Huanuni Mill Tailings

Previously called 'Santa Elena'

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.28097, -66.81614
dep_id: 10107611
mrds_id: BL20392
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Minor mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Trace mineral: Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cassiterite, Galena, Jamesonite, Marmatite, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite
Reporter: Guerra, Edwin, Long, Keith R.
disc_yr: 1850
References:
  • Deposit:: COMIBOL, 1991, PROYECTO DE INVERSION MINERA, RELAVES Y COLAS: BOLETIN DE RELACIONES PUBLICAS E INFORMACIONES DE LA CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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