Mine detail: Kami Mining District

Previously called 'QuatorceJuniniSan Juan De DiosAnchaSan AugustinBolivar VeinsSanta RosaPatinoDon JoseJusticia Contra LadronesLaguaniCamilio JihuatoTazapaya'

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Location: Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.37267, -66.81618
dep_id: 60001837
mrds_id: W031489
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 46: W veins
alteration: SERICITE-SILICA-TOURMALINE, SUPERGENE OXIDATION
ore_ctrl: FRACTURES, SHEAR ZONES, LANDSLIDES
Structure: TWO FAULTS (N 75 E, 80N; N 30 W) AND AN ANTICLINAL AXIS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SW, NW TRENDING FOLDS AND FAULTS
Year first produced: 1908
disc_yr: 1908
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. 93-96.
  • 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:: THORN, P.G., 1988, A TUNGSTEN VEIN DEPOSIT IN BOLIVIA: GEOLOGY TODAY, V. 4, P. 176-178.
  • Deposit:: MONTES DE OCA, I., 1982, GEOGRAFIA Y RECURSOS NATURALES DE BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, P. 374.
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