Mine detail: Chicote Mining District

Previously called 'Buena EsperanzaMariscal SucreLapianiSagrarioMirafloresBlancoCablesVictoriaEspadaChicote GrandeLlamparas: PerfeccionadaRajadaOregoNuevaHuanupatillaIncaranchoTaminani'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.31987, -66.86338

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Tin
Tertiary: Lead, Bismuth, Copper, Zinc
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:FAULTS ENCLOSE A ZONE OF TOURMALINE - SERICITE - SILICA ALTERATION, NW-SE CHICOTE ANTICLINE, N-NW ANUTURNI FAULT
Alteration processes:MAIN SERICITE-SILICA-TOURMALINE-BIOTITE-CHLORITE ALTERATION ZONE. PERIPHERAL LESS INTENSE SILICA-TOURMALINE-SERICITE ALTERATION.

References

MRDSW031488
DEP60001836
Reference{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 88-93.}{Deposit:: THORN, P.G., 1988, FLUID INCLUSION AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 62-68.}{Deposit:: THORN, P.G., 1985, THE GEOLOGY OF THE CHICOTE SN-W HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM, BOLIVIA: UNPUB. PH.D. THESIS, SCOTLAND UNIV., ABERDEEN, 172 P.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1945, THE CHICOTE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 40, P. 394-407.}