| Location: | La Paz, Bolivia, South America |
| Lat / long: | -16.3152, -68.14645 |
| dep_id: | 10006203 |
| mrds_id: | BL20163 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Tin |
| Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, Lithium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Huebnerite, Lithiophilite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Triphylite, Wolframite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Garnet, Lazulite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 49: Sn greisen |
| alteration: | Contact Metamorphism Of Shale; Greisen |
| ore_ctrl: | Inverse Fault |
| Reporter: | Cuiza, Juan, Long, Keith R. |
| hrock_unit: | Catavi |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Phyllite |
| arock_unit: | Huayna Potosi Batholith |
| arock_type: | Granite |
| Year first produced: | 1912 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1980 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA (BOLIVIA) BOLETIN NO. 5 (ESPECIAL), P. 134.
- Deposit:: LEHMAN, B., 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILLERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, REIHE A, N. 14, 135 P.
- Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
- Deposit:: SUGAKI, A., AND OTHERS, 1985, GEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE LA PZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SERIES 3, V. 16, N. 2, P. 131-198.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: (1) GEOBOL FILES; (2-5) THAYER LINDSLEY FILES; MINES HANDBOOK V. 16, P. 2282, V. 18, P. 2813. ALSO GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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