| Location: | Oruro, Bolivia, South America |
| Lat / long: | -18.41431, -66.86197 |
| dep_id: | 10006344 |
| mrds_id: | BL20344 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Tin |
| Trace mineral: | Antimony, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stannite, Wurtzite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Vivianite |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 77: Sn-polymetallic vein |
| alteration: | Weak Silicification Of Wallrock. Fragments Of Shale Within The Vein Are Silicified And Sericitized. Veins Oxidized To A Depth Of 20-30 M. Zone Of Secondary Enrichment Underlies Oxidized Zone. |
| ore_ctrl: | Normal Fault; Fracture System N20e 70-80se Up To 2.5 M Wide. |
| Reporter: | Long, Keith R. |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Nw-Trending Folds |
| Year first produced: | 1926 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1948 |
| discr: | Spanish Colonists |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LEIDING, B., 1962, INFORMACION GENERAL SOBRE EL MINERAL ICHOCOLLO (POOPO) EN BOLIVIA.
- Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
- Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 160-161
- Deposit:: GIBSON, R., AND TURNEAURE, F.S., 1950, TIN DEPOSIT OF THE MONSERRAT MINE, BOLIVIA: TRANSACTIONS AIME, V. 187, P. 1071-1078.
- Deposit:: DIAZ O., E., 1924, INFORME SOBRE LAS MINAS DE ICHICOLLO, DEPARTAMENTO DE ORURO, BOLIVIA: SANTIAGO, COMPANIA MINERA MONSERRAT, 52 P.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Production:: AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964)
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