Oruro
Past Producer
Quillacas Mine
Oruro, Bolivia
Tungsten
Antimony
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Antimony
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
46: W veins
Deposit size
Y
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Fractures
Materials
Ore minerals
Ferberite, Stibnite
Gangue
Chalcedony, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale
Structure
Conde Auque, A Vast Nw Trending Anticline
Tectonic setting
Cordilleras Altas Orientales
Alteration
Silicification, Pyritization, Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10080377
MRDS ID
W031501
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-17.71433, -66.93281
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 98, 101