Santa Cruz
Past Producer

San Josema Mine

Santa Cruz, Bolivia
TantalumBerylliumMica
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Commodities
PrimaryTantalum, Beryllium, Mica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model33: Be-Li pegmatites
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Muscovite, Tantalite
GangueFeldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockSchist · Motacu Formation, San Ignacio Group
AlterationFeldspar Kaolinized.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10006735
MRDS IDBL30325
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.50685, -60.66266
References
LITHERLAND, M. AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153P.LITHERLAND, M. AND OTHERS, 1981, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.CIMRILITHERLAND ET.AL. (1981), P. 118.