Mine detail: Quimsa Chata District

Previously called 'San CarlosSan BartolomeOmonimaNasa PokeGranadaCarmenCaracolloTiwanaku DistrictSanta Rosa'

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Location

Lat / long: -16.63099, -68.65782

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, STOCKWORK
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:SERICITIZATION, KAOLINIZATION, SILICIFICATION, PYRITIZATION

References

MRDSBL00017
DEP60000160
Reference{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:: REDWOOD, STEWART D., 1986, EPITHERMA; PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL MINERALIZATION AND RELATED MAGMATISM OF THE NORTHERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, 229P.}{Deposit:: ACLAND, 1989, GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN QUIMSA CHATA AND SERRNANIAS CHILLA, SOUTH OF TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED BSC THESIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND}{Deposit:: PATON, 1989, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN QUIMSA CHATA AND SERRANIA CHILLA, SOUTH OF TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED BSC THESIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND}{Deposit:: CORDERO, G., 1966, METALOGENESIS DEL STOCK QUIMSA CHATA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-23, 20P.}{Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1961, INFORME SOBRE LAS INVESTIGACIONES PRELIMINARES DE LAS OCURRENCIAS DE MINERALES POLIMETALICOS ARGENTIFEROS EN EL MACIZO DE QUIMSACHATA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 20, 15P.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: LOPEZ, R., 1989, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT}