Mine detail: Pacuni Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -16.93101, -67.49949

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Tin
Ore: Cassiterite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue: Apatite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

Host rock:Pampa;Catavi
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock:Quimsa Cruz Batholith
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Cordillera Oriental, Quimsa Cruz Batholith

References

MRDSW031471
DEP10080349
Reference{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 85-86.}{Deposit:: GRANT, J. N., ET. AL., 1979, K-AR AGES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION IN PART OF THE BOLIVIAN TIN BELT: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 838-851.}{Deposit:: STOLL, W.C., 1962, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARACOLES TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINES, BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL. V. -57, P. 526-547.}{Deposit:: URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA E.M. CARACOLES, SOC. GEOL. BOL-IVIANA, BOL. NO. 16.}
ReporterUrquidi-Barrau, Fernando, Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.)