Mine detail: Chorolque Mine

Previously called 'Principal Tungsten-Bearing Veins Are Virgen De Choroma and America'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.9559, -66.08278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin, Tungsten, Bismuth
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Subvolcanic Breccia Pipe
Tectonic:	Mesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Plate Margin

References

MRDS	DE00332
DEP	10021646
Reference	{Deposit:: FOX, D.J., 1985, BOLIVIA, IN THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 338.}{Deposit:: GRANT, J.N., HALLS, C., SHEPPARD, S.M.F., AND AVILA, W., 1980, EVOLUTION OF THE PORPHYRY TIN DEPOSITS OF BOLIVIA, IN S. ISHIHARA AND S. TAKENOVCHI (EDS.), MAGMATISM AND RELATED MINERALIZATION, THE SOCIETY OF MINING GEOLOGISTS OF JAPAN, MINING GEOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 8, P. 151-173.}
Reporter	Sinclair, W. David