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Tivi?a and Eureka Mines

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005997
MRDS ID BL10225
Record type Site
Current site name Tivi?a and Eureka Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.20173, -17.57433 (WGS84)
Elevation 3860
Relative position AT EAST END OF TOWN OF CHACARILLA

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

  • LAT LONG IS FOR TIVI%A ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADES 4 TO 5% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.20173, -17.57433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Subvertical Fractures Intersect Mantos Nw Of Tevi%A Adit

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 550M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Preferred Beds, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • NATIVE CU-CELESTITE FILLS SUBVERTICAL FRACTURES WHICH INTERSECT MANTOS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chacarilla District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nitto Bolivia Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION GEOLOGICA ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44, 158P

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 4 MANTOS 1 TO 4 M THICK THAT EXTEND OVER A DISTANCE OF 550 M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1911 Long, Keith R. Servicio Geologic de Bolivia

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