Mine detail: Copahuancara Mine

Previously called 'ChuriaquiCopabancara'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.24353, -68.19312

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1962

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1963
Last production ended:	1991

Geology

Host rock:	Uncia
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Associated rock:	Huayna Potosi
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Nw-Se Folding And E-W Transverse Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Greisen Overprint Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	BL20282
DEP	10006294
Reference	{Deposit:: USCAMAITA, E., JEMIO, J., AND GODINEZ, J., 1983, COPAHUANCARA MINE SEMIMECHANIZATION PROJECT: GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORT}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: LEHMANN, BERND, 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILLERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, RIEHA A, NO. 14, 135 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Cardenas, Nestor, Long, Keith R.