Mine detail: Japo Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-18.05459, -66.83698

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	STOCK
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pampa Shale;Llallagua Sandstone;Cancaniri Graywacke
Host type:	Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rock:	San Pablo Stock
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Sedimentary Rocks Folded Sw Into An Anticline
Tectonic:	Nw Trending Eastern Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Tourmalinization

References

MRDS	W031627
DEP	10080435
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., SCHEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: BOLIVIA DEPARTMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL 5.}{Deposit:: VALDA, J., 1970, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DEL YACIMIENTO DE JAPO: INFORMA NO. SGG-18/70 - COMIBOL}
Reporter	Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando