Description
Devon Corporation
Commodities
PrimaryTin
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Between Granite And Silurian Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Chalcopyrite
GangueFluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale · Uncia
Associated rockGranite · Huayna Potosi
StructureNw-Se Folding And E-W Transverse Fractures
AlterationSilicification And Greisen Overprint Contact Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1963
Last production1991
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10006294
MRDS IDBL20282
Alternate namesChuriaqui, Copabancara
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-16.24353, -68.19312
References
USCAMAITA, E., JEMIO, J., AND GODINEZ, J., 1983, COPAHUANCARA MINE SEMIMECHANIZATION PROJECT: GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIALEHMANN, BERND, 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILLERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, RIEHA A, NO. 14, 135 P.CIMRI