San Francisco Mine

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006154
MRDS ID BL20095
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Mine
Alternate or previous names Olga, Central, Sr. De La Laguna, Alaska, Etc.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.90892, -17.72766 (WGS84)
Relative position 15.5 KM N50E OF PARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.90892, -17.72766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conde Auqui

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 58wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, WILFREDO, 1975, CODE AUQUI MINE INVENTORIATION PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    VARGAS (1975)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Leyton Rodriguez, Martha Delia 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.