Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures, Shear Zones, In Three Different Systems
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueApatite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Pampa;Catavi
Associated rockDiorite · Quimsa Cruz Batholith
Tectonic settingCordillera Oriental, Quimsa Cruz Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1950
Identification
Deposit ID10080349
MRDS IDW031471
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-16.93101, -67.49949
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 85-86.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.STOLL, W.C., 1962, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF THE CARACOLES TIN AND TUNGSTEN MINES, BOLIVIA, ECON. GEOL. V. -57, P. 526-547.URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO-ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA E.M. CARACOLES, SOC. GEOL. BOL-IVIANA, BOL. NO. 16.