La Paz
Past Producer
Juan Mine
La Paz, Bolivia
Tin
Tungsten
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Commodities
Primary
Tin, Tungsten
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Estructural Epigenetico
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Wolframite
Gangue
Clay, Fluorite, Marmatite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rock
Slate,Quartzite
Structure
On N45w Cerro Negro Anticline (Flanks Dip 25-70) Displaced By N45e Vertical Fault., N45e Vertical Fault Displaces Anticlinal Axis And Veins.
Alteration
Alteration Halo 7 To 30 M Wide Of Strong Silicification And Disseminated Tourmaline.
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006293
MRDS ID
BL20281
Alternate names
Demasias Juan
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-16.67547, -67.68283
References
GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI