Oruro
Producer
Totoral Mine
Oruro, Bolivia
Tin
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Commodities
Primary
Tin
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit size
Y
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Faults And Shear Zones
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Stannite
Gangue
Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite
Structure
Avicaya Anticline
Tectonic setting
Poopo Lineament
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1894
Identification
Deposit ID
10107379
MRDS ID
W031650
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-18.48096, -66.84669
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A.,1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL. 5