San Miguel Mine (Margarita mine), Salinas de Garci Mendoza, Cabrera Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

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Abandoned adjoining lead-zinc mines, connected underground and working the same vein system, with about 300 meters of underground galleries, still accessible (as of 2006). Mineralized shear zones hosted in tuffs and volcanoclastics of the Tagua Formation.

Ref:
USGS Bulletin # 1975 (1992).

Map Reference: 19°43'54"S , 67°40'40"W

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Mineral List:

Ankerite
Calcite
Celadonite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'

'Clay'
Dolomite ?
Galena
Hematite
'Manganese Oxides'

Pyrite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
'Sericite'
Sphalerite

15 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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