Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Antimony
SecondaryZinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zones, Fracture Zones Oriented N-S And N55e
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Covellite, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Cervantite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone · Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior;Quehua Inferior
AlterationSilicification, Distal Propylitization, Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10097681
MRDS IDBL10001
Alternate namesMestizo, Cerro Mestizo. Adits: Alcira, Alpaza
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.90338, -66.95253
References
ANONYMOUS, 1989, MESTIZO, PROSPECTO DE ORO DE BAJA LEY Y GRAN VOLUMEN, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, FOLLETO TECNICO PROMOCIONAL, 6P., MAPS, 1:10,000 AND 1:100,000.SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA MESTIZO: PROYECTO LIPEZ/COMIBOL/71GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (1989)GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)CIMRI