La Paz
Past Producer

San Luis Mine

La Paz, Bolivia
ZincCadmiumSilverCopperLeadAntimony
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Description

Spanish Colonists

Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Cadmium, Silver, Copper
SecondaryLead
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlE-W Structure
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Greenockite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueKaolinite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Berenguela
AlterationKaolinite Selvages Around Veins
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10005972
MRDS IDBL10193
Alternate namesViluiyo, Kairiri, Elisa, Mary-Mary, Heil Hitler
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.26711, -69.21454
References
SIRVAS C., FERNANDO, 1964, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION TAMBO MAURI-BERENGUELA, PROVINCIA PACAJES DE DEPARTAMENTO DE LA PAZ, REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA: UNBUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, MAP 1:50,000.SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P.FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)THESIS BY SIRVAS (1964)CIMRI