Mine detail: Cuprita

Previously called 'La Cuprita'

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -18.14765, -68.21951
dep_id: 10182877
mas_id: 3350250025
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Ljb
Year first produced: 1911
disc_yr: 1910
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN
  • Deposit:: MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 217-219, PRINTED IN BILBAO, S
  • Deposit:: IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.
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