San Jose De Berenguela Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005977
MRDS ID BL10198
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose De Berenguela Mine
Alternate or previous names Elisa, Hucurani

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.23204, -17.28573 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Opal Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Huallyamarca
    Rock description Huallyamarca
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.23204, -17.28573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Sets Striking 95 And 120, And 160 And 70, With Displacements Up To 50 M.

Ore body information

  • Length 2000M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Berenguela

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1000M
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 100 SHAFTS/PITS; MANY COLONIAL ERA DUMPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.