Montebello Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005985
MRDS ID BL10207
Record type Site
Current site name Montebello Mine
Alternate or previous names Montevillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.7612, -16.72686 (WGS84)
Elevation 4160
Relative position 4.5 KM N75E OF JESUS DE MACHACA

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

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW FLANK CERRO PICACHANI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CIA MINERA INTI ILLIMANI AVERAGE ASSAY (INCLUDING SAN LUIS MINE): 3.52% ZN, 0.27% PB, 2.65 G/MT AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.7612, -16.72686

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY BE RELATED TO MINERALIZATION IN QUIMSACHATA DISTRICT (TERTIARY INTRUSIVES)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hugo Baudoin

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED BY CIA MINERA INTI ILLIMANI 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CIA. MINERA INTI ILLIMANI, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 20-21

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 20 TO 30 CM WIDE WITH 80 CM WIDE ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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