Mine detail: Caracoles Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.91435, -67.48282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin, Tungsten, Silver
Secondary:	Bismuth
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pampa Shale, Phyllite (450 M);Catavi Sandstones (100 M)
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Quisma Cruz Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Nw-Se Folded Sediments With Nw-Se Batholiths, Ne Trending Fissures
Tectonic:	Nw-Se Quimsa Cruz Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Tourmalinization

References

MRDS	W002054
DEP	10068801
Reference	{Deposit:: STOLL, W. C., 1962, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARACOLES TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINES, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 57, PP. 536-547.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1926, REPLACEMENT IN TIN-BEARING VEINS OF CARACOLES, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 21, PP. 135-144.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), P. 383.}{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., AND WELKER, K. K., 1947, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN ANDES, BOLIVIA; THE CORDILLERA REAL: ECON. GEOL. V. 42, PP. 595-625.}{Deposit:: URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA E. M. CARACOLES, SOC. GEOL. BO-L. BOLL. NO. 16.}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY, 1972}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando