| Lat / long: | -13.60418, -62.07497 |
| Primary: | Arsenic, Gold |
| Discovery year: | 1688 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | VEIN |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Alteration processes: | WALLROCK ALTERATION IN MAIN VEIN SYSTEM CONSISTS OF WELL-DEVELOPED HYDROMUSCOVITE, KAOLIN, AND ARSENOPYRITE. ELSEWHERE VEINS HAVE NARROW (< 0.8 M WIDE) SERICITE ALTERATION ENVELOPES WITH LITTLE OR NO PYRITE OR ARSENOPYRITE. |
| MRDS | BL30167 |
| DEP | 60000179 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LITHERLAND AND OTHERS (1986) P. 107-109.}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA.}{Deposit:: PITFIELD, P.E.J. AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE PUERTO VILLAZON: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: LITHERLAND, M., 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.} |
| Reporter | LONG, KEITH R. |