Mine detail: Laurani Mine

Previously called 'Veins: CarnavalitoNuevaParalelaSan AntonioSan CarlosSan GeronimoSanto DomingoNegraToro'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.3785, -67.7745

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Arsenic, Bismuth, Antimony, Tin
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Bornite, Bournonite, Calaverite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Rickardite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Discovery year:	1750

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1775

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Laurani Volcanic Massif
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Structure:	N50w Fault Between Folded Silurian Quartzite And Cretaceous Mudstone, Fractured And Eroded Stratovolcano
Alteration processes:	Intense Propylitization, Silicification, Clays

References

MRDS	TC00502
DEP	10110044
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DPTO. NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 268-271.}{Deposit:: REDWOOD, S.D., AND MACINTYRE, R, M,, 1989, K-AR DATING OF MIOCENE MAGMATISM AND RELATED EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 84, P. 618-630.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1989, P. 174.}{Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1961, EL YACIMIENTO ARGENTIFERO DE COBRE DE LAURANI, SICA-SICA, BOLIVIA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 15, 54P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1961)}{Deposit:: VISITED NOV. 1990 BY USGS (LUDINGTON AND DU BRAY)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: INVENTARACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA MINERIA CHICA}
Reporter	Long, Keith; Hinojosa, A.