Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead
TertiaryArsenic, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Cerke
Associated rockAndesite · Cerke
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1780
Discovery year1650
Identification
Deposit ID10005973
MRDS IDBL10194
Alternate namesPacocagua
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.316, -69.24176
References
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54PFIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOLINVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)CIMRI