Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFissure Systems With Strike Ne And Dip To The West
Materials
Ore mineralsBismutite, Wolframite
GangueChlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Clastic Sedimentary Rock · Catavi;Pampa;
Associated rockDiorite · Quimsa Cruz Batholith
StructureSedimentary Rocks Folded Into Borrascotabajaderia Syncline
Tectonic settingCordilleras Alta Orientales, Quimsa Cruz Batholith
AlterationReactivation Superimposed
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1918
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10107377
MRDS IDW031625
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.98101, -67.48282
References
URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO - ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA EM. CARACOLES: SOC GEOL BOL. BOLE. NO. 16CARO, E., 1962, PETROGENESIS Y MINERALIZACION DEL BATOLITO DE QUIMSA CRUZ: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE ORURO, FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA