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Colavi District

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100673
MRDS ID BL30099
Record type Site
Current site name Colavi District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.54111, -19.31428 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 37 KM N35E OF POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.54111, -19.31428
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COLAVI DISTRICT IS FORMED OF CRETACEOUS CALCAREOUS SANDSTONES, SILTSTONES AND MARLS WHICH REST ON SILURIAN DIAMICTITES AND ORDOVICIAN SHALES AND SANDSTONES. THESE HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY TERTIARY, DACITIC STOCKS, DIKES AND SILLS, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Colavi
  • Type Owner
    Owner Comibol

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-PIT AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; DRIFTS, CROSS-CUTS AND GALLERIES OF CONSIDERABLE MAGNITUDE.

Comments on development

  • PRELIMINARY STUDIES (UN BOL/87/12) IN 1990 HAVE IDENTIFIED ZONES OF LARGE VOLUME, LOW GRADE SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE COLAVI SECTOR, WITH REPORTED SILVER GRADES OF 113 TO 558 G/T IN THE SANDSTONE AND 64 TO 492 IN THE DACITES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOST IMPORTANT TIN MINERALIZATION IS FOUND IN THE CANUTILLOS AND COLAVI SECTORS IN MANTOS FORMED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CARBONATE CEMENT OF THE SANDSTONE BY FINE-GRAINED CASSITERITE AND PYRITE. BEST KNOWN SILVER MINERALIZATION OCCURS AWAY FROM THE TIN MANTOS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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