Mine detail: Pacajake Mine

Previously called 'Paca JakeVirgen De Surumi'

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.59763, -66.86614

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Selenium, Cobalt, Nickel
Secondary:	Platinum, Rhodium, Gold, Iridium, Copper, Lead, Palladium
Ore:	Naumannite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Siderite
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	On Axis Of A Nw-Se Trending Anticline

References

MRDS	M046559
DEP	10109594
Reference	{Deposit:: QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 111}{Deposit:: RAMDOHR, P., 1969, ORE MINERALS & INTERGROWTHS: PERGAMON PRESS, N. Y., P. 807}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1937, MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: GENERAL DE MINAS, LA PAZ, P. 13}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 123-124.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992); AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964) P. 124.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Guerra, Edwin, Long, Keith R.