Mine detail: Quechisla Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.86424, -66.10778

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Tin, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore:	Galena, Jamesonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	STOCK
Discovery year:	1720

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1800

Geology

Host rock:	Quehua Superior;Quehua Inferior;El Molino
Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff
Associated rock:	Quehua Superior
Associated type:	Dacite
Tectonic:	N-S Trending Eastern Cordillera

References

MRDS	W031629
DEP	10080437
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F. AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 58.}
Reporter	Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando