Mine detail: Chicote Mining District

Previously called 'Buena EsperanzaMariscal SucreLapianiSagrarioMirafloresBlancoCablesVictoriaEspadaChicote GrandeLlamparas: PerfeccionadaRajadaOregoNuevaHuanupatillaIncaranchoTaminani'

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Location: La Paz, Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.31987, -66.86338
dep_id: 60001836
mrds_id: W031488
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Lead, Bismuth, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 46: W veins
alteration: MAIN SERICITE-SILICA-TOURMALINE-BIOTITE-CHLORITE ALTERATION ZONE. PERIPHERAL LESS INTENSE SILICA-TOURMALINE-SERICITE ALTERATION.
ore_ctrl: FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES, LANDSLIDES
Structure: FAULTS ENCLOSE A ZONE OF TOURMALINE - SERICITE - SILICA ALTERATION, NW-SE CHICOTE ANTICLINE, N-NW ANUTURNI FAULT
disc_yr: 1914
References:
  • 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.
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