Mine detail: Chicote Grande District

Previously called 'Inca RanchoPerfeccionadaPeripheral Sn MinesChicote Grande Underground MineTaminauiBunapatillaSan Jose'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.30877, -66.86198

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/STOCKWORK (PRIMARY), TALUS
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1914
Last production ended: 1981

Geology

Structure:UPLIFTED BLOCK OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS BETWEEN TWO FAULTS ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FLANKS OF CERRO CHICOTE GRANDE. DEPOSIT IS ON THE SAME NNW-SSE STRUCTURAL TREND AS THE VERY SIMILAR KAMI AND AMUTARA DEPOSITS. NW-TRENDING CHICOTE ANTICLINE.
Alteration processes:SERICITE-SILICA-TOURMALINE ASSEMBLEDGE WITH MINOR BIOTITE, CHLORITE, AND RARE DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, RUTILE, AND ARSENOPYRITE.

References

MRDSDE00307
DEP60000423
Reference{Deposit:: VELASCO, P., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BOLIVIA, IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1983, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: INTERNATIONAL, P. 118.}{Deposit:: VALENZUELA, S.R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MAIN WOLFRAM MINES IN BOLIVIA (CONTINUED), PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 7, JUNE 1979, P. 6-8.}{Deposit:: REAGAN, P.H., 1940, BOLIVIA FOR STRATEGIC MINERALS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 141, NO. 10, P. 54-58.}{Deposit:: VELASCO, P., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BOLIVIA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, WASHINGTON, D.C., 9 P.}{Deposit:: WILLIG, C.D. AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, 1985, P. 1-36.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1945, THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, P. 394-407.}{Deposit:: PACHECO, M., FERNANDEZ, L., BARRIOS, C., ROCHA, R., AND VEDIA, J., 1975, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA CHICOTE GRANDE: GEOBOL}{Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA}{Deposit:: THORN, PETER G., 1988, FLUID INCLUSION AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES AT THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 62-68.}{Deposit:: THORN, PETER, 1988, A TUNGSTEN VEIN DEPOSIT IN BOLIVIA: GEOLOGY TODAY, V. 4, N. 5, P. 176-178.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 89-93.}