Mine detail: Inca Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.47659, -67.82089

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Copper, Arsenic, Bismuth, Zinc, Tin
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
Host type:	Diorite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Narrow, Irregular Muscovite-Chlorite Vein Selvages; Chlorite (After Biotite), Muscovite, Tourmaline Alteration Of Host Rock.

References

MRDS	W031467
DEP	10107375
Reference	{Deposit:: WINKLEMAN, LOTHAR, 1983, GEOLOGIE UND LAGERSTATTEN IM BEREICH PALCA (MURURATA) UND DIE GEOCHEMIE DER SILURSEDIMENTITE IN DER CORDILLERA LA PAZ/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ABHANDLUNGEN, REIHE A, V. 51, 110 P.}{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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.), Long, Keith R.