Mine detail: Boquira Y Plumbum

Previously called 'Mina Boquira'

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Location

Lat / long: -12.81445, -42.74897

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Other material: Actinolite, Anglesite, Biotite, Cerussite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Epidote, Galena, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyromorphite, Quartz, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1952

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1956

Geology

References

MAS3510090001
DEP10255295
Reference{Deposit:: LEFOND,S.J.,1973, BRAZILIAN MINING: RELAXED GOVT. ATT. PAVE}{Deposit:: FOR EXPLOITING CRIT. RES: MIN.ENG.,VOL.25:11, P.31-45.}{Deposit:: ROCHA,A.J.D., 1973, PERFIL ANALITICO DO CHUMBO: DNPM BOLETIM}{Deposit:: RIO DE JANEIRO, 76PAGES}{Deposit:: JOHNSON,R.F., 1962, LEAD-ZINC DEP. AT THE BOQUIRA DIST., STA}{Deposit:: BAHIA, BRAZIL:USGS B1110-A}{Deposit:: ANDERY, P.A, 1961, CONCENTRACAO DE MINEIRO OXIDADO DE CHUMBO}{Deposit:: CENTRATION OF LEAD OXIDE MINERALS): SAO PAOLO,ESCOLA TECNICA}{Deposit:: THESIS, MAP, TABLES, 125 P.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.