La Paz
Past Producer

Chicote Grande District

La Paz, Bolivia
TinTungstenBismuthCopperZincLeadArsenicAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Tungsten
TertiaryBismuth, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN/STOCKWORK (PRIMARY), TALUS
Deposit sizeM
Geology
StructureUPLIFTED BLOCK OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS BETWEEN TWO FAULTS ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FLANKS OF CERRO CHICOTE GRANDE. DEPOSIT IS ON THE SAME NNW-SSE STRUCTURAL TREND AS THE VERY SIMILAR KAMI AND AMUTARA DEPOSITS. NW-TRENDING CHICOTE ANTICLINE.
AlterationSERICITE-SILICA-TOURMALINE ASSEMBLEDGE WITH MINOR BIOTITE, CHLORITE, AND RARE DISSEMINATED PYRRHOTITE, RUTILE, AND ARSENOPYRITE.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Last production1981
Identification
Deposit ID60000423
MRDS IDDE00307
Alternate namesChicote Grande Underground Mine, Peripheral Sn Mines, Perfeccionada, Inca Rancho, Taminaui, Bunapatilla, San Jose
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.30877, -66.86198
References
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