Cochabamba
Past Producer
Atocha Mine
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Copper
Silver
Antimony
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Copper, Silver
Tertiary
Antimony
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Argentite, Atacamite, Cerargyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue
Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone · Torotoro
Structure
Nw-W Trending Homocline Dipping Sw
Alteration
Propylitization (Chlorite), Supergene (Limonite)
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10097725
MRDS ID
BL20341
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-18.08792, -66.33585
References
TARQUINO, R., 1968, MINTEC INTERNAL REOPORT I-VM-12/I-A21GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI