Fortuna Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006131
MRDS ID BL20067
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.0067, -17.21545 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 KM N35E OF COLQUIRI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE ROAD BETWEEN VILLA VICTORIA AND LA SERENA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.0067, -17.21545

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Paz

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIA, A., AND VASQUEZ, E., 1980, CAVARI-AMUTARA FIELD PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/408)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIA AND VASQUEZ (1980)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AVERAGE 4-6 M WIDE, OUTCROP FOR 600 M STRIKE LENGTH, AND ARE DEVELOPED TO 20 M DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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