| Lat / long: | -16.91435, -67.48282 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| 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 |
| 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 |