Description
Battle Mountain Gold/ Cia Minera Santa Rosa Joint Venture
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · San Ignacio Supergroup
StructureN45w Trending Syncline, N45w Trending Fault: N-S75w Faults.
AlterationOxidized To 40 M Depth, Including 10 M Thick Oxide-Sulfide Transition Zone. Metamorphosed Primary Alteration Includes Lenses Of Dolomite-Actinolite-Quartz-Biotite-Garnet-Magnetite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1991
Identification
Deposit ID10006489
MRDS IDBL30027
Alternate namesCerro Don Mario
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.33515, -59.67875
References
(1) ANONYMOUS, 1993, PRECAMBRIAN COPPER-GOLD IN BOLIVIA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 194, N. 8, P. WW-9, WW-12.(2) MIKE BENNETT, RTZ CORP., TALK GIVEN AT PRIMERA RUEDA DE NEGOCIOS E INVERSION SOBRE MINERIA EN BOLIVIA, SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA. SEPT. 22, 1992.ANON., 1994, BOLIVIA: PRECAMBRIAN POTENTIAL: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, OCT. 7, 1994, V. 323, NO. 8296, P. 258.CIMRI