La Paz
Past Producer

Teoponte Placer Mine

La Paz, Bolivia
GoldTin
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Description

Spanish Colonists

Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Gold
GangueAndalusite, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockConglomerate
Associated rockShale,Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1990
Identification
Deposit ID10006445
MRDS IDBL20483
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-15.49773, -67.83284
References
MINTEC, 1982, INFORME TEOPONTE: I-T9 ARCHIVO MINTEC.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIGUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)