Mine detail: Viloco Mine

Previously called 'Araca'

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Location

Lat / long: -16.87268, -67.63561

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Arsenic, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
Ore: Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Quimsa Cruz (Tres Cruces) Batholith
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:Quimsa Cruz (Tres Cruces) Batholith
Associated type:Granite
Structure:On Both Flanks Of N10-20w Viloco Syncline On Western Fringe Of The Loligo-Emio Tres Cruces Batholith
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism (Hornfels, Tourmaline), Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDSDE00333
DEP10021648
Reference{Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D., AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PAPER PRESENTED AT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, 36 P.}{Deposit:: VALENZUELA, S.R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MAIN WOLFRAM MINES IN BOLIVIA, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 6, FEB. 1979, P. 8.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 139-141.}{Deposit:: CLARK, A.H., AND FARRAR, E., 1973, THE BOLIVIAN TIN PROVINCE: NOTES ON THE AVAILABLE GEOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 68, NO. 1, P. 102-106.}{Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D., AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD., (ED.), TUNGSTEN: 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY, 1985, P. 58-85.}{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F.S. AND WALKER, K.K., 1947, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN ANDES OF BOLIVIA, THE CORDILLERA REAL, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 42, NO. 7, P. 595-625.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Production:: ANNUAL ITEMS 1 TO 5: WILLIG, C.D., 1985, P. 24. ANNUAL ITEMS 6 TO 8: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992). CUM ITEM 1: VALENZUELA, S.R., 1979, P. 8. CUM ITEM 2: AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964), P. 141. CUM ITEMS 3-4: MINISTRY OF MINES.}
ReporterPasitschniak, Anna, Long, Keith R.