Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlNw Trending Fracture Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Calamine, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Semseyite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueChalcedony, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationExtensive Silicification, Sericitization And Kaolinization.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10086927
MRDS IDBL10098
Alternate namesCrosca
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.58533, -66.86529
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA ESCALA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-09, 32P., MAP 1:1,000.SUGAKI ET AL, 1986, GEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SUR LIPEZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SRS. 3, V. 16, N. 3, P. 327-352.UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, 1989, PROYECTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ, DEPARTAMENTO DE POTOSI, BOLIVIA, 23P.GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JICA/MMAJ (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (1989)VISITED OCT. 5, 1990 BY USGS/GEOBOLGEOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)CIMRI