Mine detail: Chojlla Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.39492, -67.77589

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Tin
Ore:	Ferberite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Apatite, Fluorite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Choquecata Quartzites;Luturani Slates And Phyllites;Mururata Schists;Aceromarca Slates & Quartzites
Host type:	Hornfels,Quartzite,Schist
Associated rock:	Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Pegmatite
Tectonic:	Cordilleras Altas Orientales, Taquesi - Mururata Batholith

References

MRDS	W031461
DEP	10107374
Reference	{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, PP. 78-83.}{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.}{Production:: AHLFEL * TEXT, P. 83.}
Reporter	Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando, Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.)