Mine detail: Porco

Previously called 'Quioma'

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Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.21764, -65.55944
dep_id: 10182771
mas_id: 3350100005
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Difrancesco, Carl A.
Year first produced: 1550
disc_yr: 1550
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN
  • Deposit:: MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 172, 197,PRINTED IN BILBAO, S
  • Deposit:: IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.
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