Congreso and San Fermin Mines

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005998
MRDS ID BL10226
Record type Site
Current site name Congreso and San Fermin Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.20395, -17.56794 (WGS84)
Elevation 3860
Relative position 1 KM N60E OF THE 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 CONGRESO ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS BY SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963): 10.95% CU, 0.45% PB, 18 G/MT AG OVER 0.8 M.

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 > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.20395, -17.56794

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Depth to top 0M

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.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

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

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE MANTO 0.5 TO 1.15 M THICK (AVG. 0.65 M)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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