Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite, Wolframite
GangueApatite, Chlorite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGranite · Chucura Batholith
Tectonic settingCordilleras Altas Orientales, Chucura Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10080337
MRDS IDW031457
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-16.2977, -68.01618
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 74.GRANT, J.N., ET. AL., 1979, K-AR AGES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MINERALIZATION IN PART OF THE BOLIVIAN TIN BELT: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 838-851.