| Lat / long: | -17.3785, -67.7745 |
| Primary: | Silver, Gold, Copper |
| Secondary: | Lead |
| Tertiary: | Zinc, Arsenic, Bismuth, Antimony, Tin |
| Ore: | Bismuthinite, Bornite, Bournonite, Calaverite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Enargite, Famatinite, Galena, Miargyrite, Polybasite, Rickardite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite |
| Discovery year: | 1750 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1775 |
| Host type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite |
| Associated rock: | Laurani Volcanic Massif |
| Associated type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite |
| Structure: | N50w Fault Between Folded Silurian Quartzite And Cretaceous Mudstone, Fractured And Eroded Stratovolcano |
| Alteration processes: | Intense Propylitization, Silicification, Clays |
| MRDS | TC00502 |
| DEP | 10110044 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DPTO. NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 268-271.}{Deposit:: REDWOOD, S.D., AND MACINTYRE, R, M,, 1989, K-AR DATING OF MIOCENE MAGMATISM AND RELATED EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 84, P. 618-630.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1989, P. 174.}{Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1961, EL YACIMIENTO ARGENTIFERO DE COBRE DE LAURANI, SICA-SICA, BOLIVIA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 15, 54P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1961)}{Deposit:: VISITED NOV. 1990 BY USGS (LUDINGTON AND DU BRAY)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: INVENTARACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA MINERIA CHICA} |
| Reporter | Long, Keith; Hinojosa, A. |