Mine detail: Llallagua Mine

Previously called 'CataviSiglo Xx'

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.44207, -66.60364

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Tungsten, Bismuth
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Apatite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Marcasite, Monazite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1894

Geology

Host rock:	Catavi;Pampa;Llallagua;Cancaniri
Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated rock:	La Salvadora Stock
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Quartz Latite
Structure:	Moderately Folded Silurian Sediments Striking N 32 Deg. W Long Axis Of Intrusive Plug Concordant With Fold Axes., Two Longitudinal Faults Of The Strike-Slip Type Belonging To A Late Period Of Deformation
Tectonic:	Northwest-Trending Eastern Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Sericitic, Pre-Ore Hydrothermal Alteration Of Host Rock

References

MRDS	W002057
DEP	10068804
Reference	{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F.S., 1960, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENRAL BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 55, NO. 2 AND 3, P. 217-254, P. 575-606.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA; BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL) DEPTO. NAC. DE GEOL. 388 P.}{Deposit:: VARGAS C., EDGAR, 1970, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL AREA LLALLAGUA; SERV. GEOL. DE BOLIVIA, BOL. 12, 42 P. (TO ACCOMPANY GEOL. MAP NO. 6238)}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND BRANIZA, L., 1960, GEOLOGIA DE BOLIVIA; INST. BOL. PETROLEO.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, PORPHYRY TIN DPOSITS IN BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, P. 913-927.}{Deposit:: COMIBOL}{Deposit:: NUMEROUS. PRESENTLY OPERATED BY COMIBOL.}{Production:: MINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971. COMIBOL, 1977.}
Reporter	Irving, Earl M., Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando