| Lat / long: | -18.44207, -66.60364 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1894 |
| 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 |
| 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 |