La Paz
Producer

Quimsa Chata District

La Paz, Bolivia
SilverLeadGoldZincCopperArsenic
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Description

Spanish Colonists

Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead
TertiaryGold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN, STOCKWORK
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlNE TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES
Geology
AlterationSERICITIZATION, KAOLINIZATION, SILICIFICATION, PYRITIZATION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID60000160
MRDS IDBL00017
Alternate namesTiwanaku District, Caracollo, Carmen, Granada, Nasa Poke, Omonima, San Bartolome, San Carlos, Santa Rosa
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-16.63099, -68.65782
References
REDWOOD, S.D., AND MACINTYRE, R.M., 1989, K-AR DATING OF MIOCENE MAGMATISM AND RELATED EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 84, P. 618-630.REDWOOD, STEWART D., 1986, EPITHERMA; PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL MINERALIZATION AND RELATED MAGMATISM OF THE NORTHERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED PHD DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, 229P.ACLAND, 1989, GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN QUIMSA CHATA AND SERRNANIAS CHILLA, SOUTH OF TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED BSC THESIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLANDPATON, 1989, GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN QUIMSA CHATA AND SERRANIA CHILLA, SOUTH OF TIWANAKU, BOLIVIA: UNPUBLISHED BSC THESIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLANDCORDERO, G., 1966, METALOGENESIS DEL STOCK QUIMSA CHATA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-23, 20P.SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1961, INFORME SOBRE LAS INVESTIGACIONES PRELIMINARES DE LAS OCURRENCIAS DE MINERALES POLIMETALICOS ARGENTIFEROS EN EL MACIZO DE QUIMSACHATA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 20, 15P.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIALOPEZ, R., 1989, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT