Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCadmium, Bismuth, Tin, Copper, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlE-W Fissures At Depth That Splay Upward Into Innumerable Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Jamesonite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockDacite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1973
Identification
Deposit ID10068797
MRDS IDW002049
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.15589, -66.16612
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE CARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), P. 300.MARSH, H., 1963, FINAL REPORT ON GEOLOGY OF TATASI-PORTUGALETE, QUECHISLA. INFORME # 2080-COMIBOL.PINTO V., J, 1988, MODELO CONCEPTUAL Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS TATASI, POTOSI - BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESARROLLO, PROYECTOS BOL/87/012, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 32 P., MAP 1:10,000.CIMRIMINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1971