Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Copper, Bismuth, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueBarite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Dacite
Associated rockRhyolite,Dacite
AlterationSilicification, Sericitization. Silicification Grades Out Into Mixed Silicification, Argillization And Propylitization.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10005936
MRDS IDBL10143
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.73116, -66.45334
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA LIPE%A: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-07, 15P.MEDINA C., ALFONSO, AND IBA%EZ V., VICTOR, 1988, CARACTERISTICAS GEOLOGICAS Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE LIPE%A-LA MOZA Y BARRAHUAYCO, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME, 24 P., MAP 1:10,000.EXPLORATION WORK BY EMPRESA LIPEZ MINING IN 1967GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (1988)GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)CIMRIMEDINA AND IBA%EZ (1988)