Alaska Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006204
MRDS ID BL20164
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.95312, -16.30242 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 5 KM N80W OF UNDUAVI

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
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.95312, -16.30242

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Ne Flank Of Nw-Sw Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Edwin Asport

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS ON TWO LEVELS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS EXHAUSTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINOJOSA, A., PRELIMINARY REPORT SMALL MINE SEMI-MECHANIZATION PROJECT: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Barriga Parra, Freddy Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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