Mine detail: Vila Apacheta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.48096, -66.36613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Apatite, Hematite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Torotoro
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Syncline

References

MRDS	BL20522
DEP	10006477
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 181.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Guerra, Edwin, Long, Keith R.