Cabo Piroja Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006147
MRDS ID BL20087
Record type Site
Current site name Cabo Piroja Mine
Alternate or previous names Concepcion, Don Luis, Elisa, Kantuta, L'Espero, Solucion
Related records 10006441, 10006435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.29893, -16.99767 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM N15E OF CAXATA; 2 KM N45W OF RODEO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Uncia;Amutara;Llallagua
    Rock description Uncia;Amutara;Llallagua

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.29893, -16.99767

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 Rodeo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORALES, G., LOPEZ, J., AND JEMIO, J., INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION SECTOR RODEO: GEOBOL

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Cardenas, Nestor 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.