Mine detail: Corina Mine

Previously called 'Cerro TapaquilchaCakella'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.60228, -67.95782

Resource(B)

Primary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Sulfur
Gangue: Alunite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Opal
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1936
Last production ended: 1984

Geology

Host type:Dacite
Structure:Stratovolcano
Tectonic:Magmatic Arc
Alteration processes:Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDSBL10070
DEP10107581
Reference{Deposit:: FLORES C., OSCAR, 1968, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CORINA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-572, 7P., MAPS 1:5,000; 1:1,000.}{Deposit:: ALVAREZ, A., AND SALAZAR, J., 1969, INFORME DE ASISTENCIA TECNICA A LA CONCESION MINERA SUCESIVA CORINA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-633, 18P., MAPS 1:3,000; 1:1,000; 1:500.}{Deposit:: PARRA UGARTE, P. FERNANDO, 1968, ESTUDIO PETROGRAFICO-GEOLOGICO-MINERO DEL AREA DE TAPOQUILCHA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS, 85P., MAP 1:50,000.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 333.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, FLORES (1968), ALVAREZ AND SALAZAR (1969)}{Deposit:: THESIS BY PARRA (1968)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
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