| Location: | Oruro, Bolivia, South America |
| Lat / long: | -17.95098, -67.13281 |
| dep_id: | 10068796 |
| mrds_id: | W002048 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Tin |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Antimony |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Alunite, Dickite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline |
| orebody_fm: | OVOID IRREGULAR STOCKWORK |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 77: Sn-polymetallic vein |
| alteration: | The San Jose And Itos Stocks, And The Breccias, Are Pervasively Sericitized. |
| conc_proc: | Supergene Ag |
| ore_ctrl: | Ne-Sw Fracture-Fissure Systems, Dipping 30-60 Deg Ne And Sw, In Four Clusters (San Jose, Itos, Colorado, And Tetilla). |
| Reporter: | Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando, Fernando; Ludington, Steve; Richter, Don |
| hrock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Reg.Struct: Nw-Se, Breccias Form Volcanic Conduits |
| tectonic: | West Flank Of Cordillera Real |
| Year first produced: | 1607 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1595 |
| discr: | Native Americans Spanish Colonists |
| References: |
- 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- Deposit:: MCALLISTER, J.F., 1944, TIN RESOURCES OF THE ORURO DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 87P.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
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