Mine detail: Huanuni

Previously called 'Penny-Duncan Mining CompanyMineral Association Company'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.22764, -66.79947

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tin, Tungsten
Other material: Cassiterite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Stannite, Tourmaline, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1500

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1884

Geology

References

MAS3350250028
DEP10304051
Reference{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., 1960, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEP}{Deposit:: OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, PARTS 1 AND 2: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, PP. 2}{Deposit:: 574-606.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN}{Deposit:: DE BOL., LA PAZ, PG. 47-50, PRTD. IN BILBAO, SPAIN.}{Deposit:: LOS YACIMENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA,BULL.}{Deposit:: DEPARTMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA,PP 168-169,AHLFIELD FREDERI}{Deposit:: 1971 MINERALS YEARBOOK,INTERNATIONAL AREA REPORTS-BOLIVIA,U}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES}{Deposit:: 1975-76 E0MJ INT.DIR.}
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