Mine detail: Huanuni Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.26708, -66.82725

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue:	Apatite, Fluorite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pampa;Llallagua;Cancaniri Graywacke (7300 M.Y.);Huanuni Schist
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	N-S Anticline In L. Paleozoic Sediments, Tentional Fracture And Shear Pattern
Tectonic:	Eastern Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W002058
DEP	10068803
Reference	{Deposit:: CHACE, F. M., 1948, TIN-SILVER VEINS OF ORURO, BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 43, PP. 333-383 AND 435-470}{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., COMPARITIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL., V. 55, PP. 217-254, 574-606}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), 388 P.}{Deposit:: THORMANN, W., LJUNDGREN, P., VIRVEIRA, M., 1966, INVESTIGACIONES PRELIMINARES SOBRE LA GEOTECTONICA Y METALOGENEGIS DE LA ZONA CHALLAPATA-CAXATA, BOLIVIA: SERV. GEOL. BOL., BOL. 7, 118 P.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, H.R., HALL, C., AND GRANT, N.J., 1975, PORPHYRY TIN DEPOSITS IN BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL., V. 70, P. 913-927.}{Deposit:: PROSPECTION-4, 1966, HUANUNI, INFORME # 1962, COMIBOL.}{Production:: AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando