Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead
TertiaryAntimony, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, Arsenic, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Greenockite, Miargyrite, Proustite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate,Andesite · Mauri
Associated rockAndesite · Mauri
StructureE-W Fault
AlterationWeak Pyrite Zone, Sericitization, Kaolinitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1975
Identification
Deposit ID10005975
MRDS IDBL10196
Alternate namesEl Zorro, Yokohama, Anaconda
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.30489, -69.14481
References
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YAIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P.AHLFELD, F., 1936, DIE ZINK- UND KADMIUMLAGERSTAETTEN VON BERENGUELA, BOLIVIEN: METALL UND ERZ, V. 33AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P.FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)CIMRI