Commodities
PrimarySulfur
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model167: Fumarolic sulfur
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlN-S Fractures, Porous And Fractured Volcanic Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsSulfur
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Opal
Geology
Host rockDacite
StructureStratovolcano
Tectonic settingMagmatic Arc
AlterationArgillization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1936
Last production1984
Identification
Deposit ID10107581
MRDS IDBL10070
Alternate namesCakella, Cerro Tapaquilcha
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.60228, -67.95782
References
FLORES C., OSCAR, 1968, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CORINA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-572, 7P., MAPS 1:5,000; 1:1,000.ALVAREZ, A., AND SALAZAR, J., 1969, INFORME DE ASISTENCIA TECNICA A LA CONCESION MINERA SUCESIVA CORINA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-633, 18P., MAPS 1:3,000; 1:1,000; 1:500.PARRA UGARTE, P. FERNANDO, 1968, ESTUDIO PETROGRAFICO-GEOLOGICO-MINERO DEL AREA DE TAPOQUILCHA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS GEOLOGICAS, 85P., MAP 1:50,000.AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 333.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIAGEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, FLORES (1968), ALVAREZ AND SALAZAR (1969)THESIS BY PARRA (1968)CIMRI