Mine detail: Viloco Sn

Previously called 'VilocoAraca'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.03098, -67.5828

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tourmaline, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1903

Geology

References

MAS3350200039
DEP10231281
Reference{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN}{Deposit:: MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, PP. 33.}{Deposit:: PEREIRA BASCOPE, G., 1968, INVESTIGACIONES PRELIM. SOBRE TEC}{Deposit:: Y METALOGEN. EN LAS CORD. REAL Y QUIMSA CRUZ: SER. GEOL. DE}{Deposit:: BOL. 9, LA PAZ, 99 PGS.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JR., 1975, INTERN. DIRECTORY OF MININ}{Deposit:: MCGRAW HILL, N. Y., P. 212.}{Deposit:: FIELD DATA SUBMITTED BY MINTEC, LA PAZ.}{Reserve-Resource:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN}{Reserve-Resource:: *H EDITION 1990. P 50.}
ReporterBleiwas, Donald