Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR BRANCHING TABULAR VEINS
Ore controlN 30 To 40e Trending Fault Set
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Other materialsChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyodacite
Associated rockRhyodacite
StructureSedimentary Rocks Folded Into Anticline, Trending N 10 W
AlterationRhyodacite Porphyry Is Sericitized
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1870
Identification
Deposit ID10080448
MRDS IDW031641
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.10979, -67.20225
References
AHLFELD, F. AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA, NO. 5.GAMARRA IBARGUEN, REYNALDO, 1967, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO REGIONAL Y ESPECIALIZADO DE LA REGION DE SAN CRISTOBAL, MINAS TOLDOS Y SANTA BARBARA DE JAYULA: UNPUBLISHEDTESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRESTORRICO, H., 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE SAN CRISTOBAL: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICASDELGADILLO, E., 1967, INFORME SOBRE PROSPECCION GEOFISICA MINA DE PLOMO Y P[LATA TOLDOS: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-541, 8P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:1,000; 1:500.JACOBSON, H.S., AND MURILLO, C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CRISTOBAL DISTRICT, VILLA MARTIN PROVINCE, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1273, 22P., MAPS.AHLFELD, F., 1944, LA GEOLOGIA DEL MINERAL DE SAN CRISTOBAL DE LIPEZ (BOLIVIA): MINERIA BOLIVIANA, V. 1, N. 8, P. 9-15.AVILA-SALINAS, W., PLOSKONKA, E., AND ARDUZ T., M., 1975, ESTUDIO PETROGRAFICO DE LA MINA TOLDOS, DEPARTAMENTO DE POTOSI: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, INFORME, 27P.GEOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JACOBSON ET AL (1969)GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (DELGADILLO, 1967)VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL MAY 1990THESIS BY TORRICO (1966)STATE DEPARTMENT MINERALS REPORT BOLIVIA 1988, P. 42CORNELIO BARRIOS H., MINE GEOLOGIST, PERS. COMM.