Mine detail: San Jose De Oruro Mine

Previously called 'TetillaMines: ColoradaItos'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.95098, -67.13281

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Tin
Secondary:	Lead, Antimony
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Dickite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	OVOID IRREGULAR STOCKWORK
Discovery year:	1595

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1607

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Nw-Se, Breccias Form Volcanic Conduits
Tectonic:	West Flank Of Cordillera Real
Alteration processes:	The San Jose And Itos Stocks, And The Breccias, Are Pervasively Sericitized.

References

MRDS	W002048
DEP	10068796
Reference	{Deposit:: CHACE, F. M., 1948, TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 43, PP. 333-383 AND 435-470}{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, D. F., 1942, THE ORURO SILVER-TIN DISTRICT: ECON. GEOL., V. 37, PP. 87-115}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F. AND SCHEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS; DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL) 383 P.}{Deposit:: KOZLOWSKI, R., AND JASKOLSKI, S., 1932, LES FILONS ARGENTO-STANNIFERES *RURO EN BOLIVIE: BULL. SOC. FRANCE MIN., V. 44, PP. 128-151.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., HALLS, S., AND GRANT, J.N., 1975, PORPHYRY TIN DEPOSITS IN BOLIVIA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, P.913--927.}{Deposit:: STAM,C.J., 1965, REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS IN THE SAN JOSE-ITOS AREA. INFORME # 1965, COMIBOL.}{Deposit:: MCALLISTER, J.F., 1944, TIN RESOURCES OF THE ORURO DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 87P.}{Deposit:: CHACE, F.M., 1948, TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 333-383 AND 435-470.}{Deposit:: STUDY OF TIN RESERVES BY MCALLISTER (1944}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando, Fernando; Ludington, Steve; Richter, Don