Mine detail: Tasna District

Previously called 'Mines: AceroColoradaDeseadaMarianaMaryRosario'

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.6309, -66.18695

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin, Bismuth, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Tungsten, Antimony, Gold
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Ferberite, Pyrite, Wolframite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Nw-Se Of Eastern Cordillera, Fold Axes And Cross-Structure Tension Fractures.
Tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Tourmalinization, Silicification

References

MRDS	W002053
DEP	10068800
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1932, DER WISMUTBERG: ZTSCHR. PRALCT. GEOL., V. 40, PP. 119-125.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HYDROCARBUROS, DEPTO. NAC. GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), PP. 207-211.}{Deposit:: PINTO V., J., 1990, EXPLORACION PRELIMINAR DEL SECTOR ROSARIO-DORADA, MODELO CONCEPTUAL DEL YACIMIENTO TASNA, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 85P., MAPS 1:20,000; 1:5,000; 1:2,000.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL STUDY, UNDP (1990}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando