Oruro
Producer

Maria Teresa Mine

Oruro, Bolivia
TinArsenicCopperZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
TertiaryArsenic, Copper, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSlate,Quartzite,Shale
AlterationPyritization, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10006340
MRDS IDBL20340
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-18.94818, -66.71808
References
TARQUINO, R., 1969, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT 1969-I-M15SANDOVAL, R., AND RUIZ, E., 1974, INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERA CHICA: GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRISANDOVAL AND RUIZ (1974)