Mine detail: Serrania San Simon District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.60418, -62.07497

Resource(M)

Primary:	Arsenic, Gold
Discovery year:	1688

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	VEIN
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:

WALLROCK ALTERATION IN MAIN VEIN SYSTEM CONSISTS OF WELL-DEVELOPED HYDROMUSCOVITE, KAOLIN, AND ARSENOPYRITE. ELSEWHERE VEINS HAVE NARROW (< 0.8 M WIDE) SERICITE ALTERATION ENVELOPES WITH LITTLE OR NO PYRITE OR ARSENOPYRITE.

References

MRDS	BL30167
DEP	60000179
Reference	{Deposit:: LITHERLAND AND OTHERS (1986) P. 107-109.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA.}{Deposit:: PITFIELD, P.E.J. AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE PUERTO VILLAZON: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: LITHERLAND, M., 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.}
Reporter	LONG, KEITH R.