| Lat / long: | -18.83819, -68.62785 |
| Primary: | Silver |
| Tertiary: | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodonite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1600 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1600 |
| Host type: | Tuff,Andesite |
| Associated type: | Tuff,Andesite |
| Structure: | N-S Syncline With Axis 1 Km W Of Town Of Negrillos, N80e 65n Fault Zones |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic, Propylitic. Ore Is Oxidized From 8 To 15 M Depth. |
| MRDS | BL10009 |
| DEP | 10005848 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: AVILA SALINAS BALDIVIESO, WALDO ARTURO, 1965, GEOLOGIA DEL DISTRITO MINERO DE CARANGAS Y SUS ALREDADORES: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DEL GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS, 150P., MAP 1:50,000.}{Deposit:: GUERRA, M., URIBE, H., AND OTAZO, N., 1965, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA DE PLATA EMPRESA MINERA LA PLATA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-463, 13P., MAPS 1:2,000, 1:500.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GUERRA ET AL (1965)}{Deposit:: THESIS BY AVILA-SALINAS (1965)}{Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL GEOLOGISTS SEPT 1990}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Long, Keith R., Ratte, Jim And Gamble, Bruce |