Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver
TertiaryCopper, Bismuth, Tin, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlE-W Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyodacite
AlterationPropylitic, Sericitic, Pyritic, Argillic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1930
Identification
Deposit ID10005854
MRDS IDBL10017
Alternate namesRosario I
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.81588, -66.45112
References
JIMENEZ CH., NESTOR, AND NUNEZ A., GERMAN, 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE Y PUCA ORKHO, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME NU-23, 35P., MAPS 1:50,000; 1:10,000SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA (GEOBOL), 1971, MINA COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-15, 7P.VALENCIA, J., 1973, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION ORIENTAL DEL CERRO BONETE, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ-DEPTO. DE POTOSI: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 80P.VEDIA M., J., 1960, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINERA MINA LOS COLORADOS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME TM-104, 3P.GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (PROYECTO LIPEZ, 1971) AND VEDIA (1960)VISITED OCT. 1990 USGS/GEOBOLGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ, 1988)CIMRI