Description
Indigenous Indians
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Tin
SecondaryAntimony, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlN-S Fissure Veins In Tuff Adjoining Apo Porco Dacite Plug.
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Mondragon-Non-Marine Sediments;Torotoro Red Sandstone
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
StructureN-S, N-S Fissure Probably Parallel To Fold Axes Of Underlying Ordovician Sediments
Tectonic settingEastern Cordillera, Southern Part
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1500(?) TO 1972
First production1542
Discovery year1492
Identification
Deposit ID10068799
MRDS IDW002052
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.81703, -65.99389
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE CARBUROS, DEPTO. NAC. GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL) PP. 204-206.RUEDA A., JUAN, 1971, GEOLOGIA DEL YACIMIENTO PORCO Y SUS ALREDEDORES: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADOCABALLERO M., MARIO, 1978, GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DEL YACIMIENTO MINERO DE PORCO: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADOMINISTRY OF MINES AND METALLURGY, 1970