Mine detail: Colquiri Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.381, -67.12865

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1492

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1880

Geology

Host rock:	Catavi Sandstone, Sandy Shale (450 M) (450 M);Uncia Shales (1200 M)
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	N 35 W Fold Axes, Main Fault Cutting Across Syncline Between Coquiri Anticline To North And Aquilarani Anticline To South
Tectonic:	Cordillera Quimsa Cruz
Alteration processes:	Sericitization

References

MRDS	W002056
DEP	10068802
Reference	{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, D. F., 1947, THE GEOLOGY OF THE COLQUIRI TIN MINE, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL. V. 42, PP. 1-21}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, A., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), PP. 149-150.}{Deposit:: ROCHA H., ROBERTO, 1974, APORTE AL CONOCIMIENTO GEOLOGICO DEL YACIMIENTO MINERO DE COLQUIRI: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO}{Production:: EXTRAPOLATED FROM COMIBOL PRODUCTION DATA}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando