Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlTension Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueMarcasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
Associated rockDacite · Chocaya Stock
StructureSedimentary Rock Folded Into Anticline Striking Nw-Se.
Tectonic settingNw Trending Eastern Cordillera
AlterationSilicification, Pyritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1800
Identification
Deposit ID10080438
MRDS IDW031630
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.9559, -66.30778
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5.ARIAS, A., 1972, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DEL AREA ANIMAS-CHOCAYA: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADOSILLITOE, R.H., 1972, RELATION OF METAL PROVINCES IN WESTERN AMERICA TO SUBDUCTION OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE: GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL., V. 83, N. 3