Buena Ventura Mine

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006240
MRDS ID BL20215
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Ventura Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.46366, -16.81962 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position 39 KM FROM VILOCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Tres Cruces Batholith
    Rock description Tres Cruces Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.46366, -16.81962

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5-20 E
    Dip 80 SE TO VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jorge Ponce De Leon

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSSIBLE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTING AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAURA, F., AND NOZA, M., 1978, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA BUENA VENTURA CODIGO: 107-1784-11

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1993, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LAURA AND NOZA (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN IS 1 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Moreno Dorado, Jorge 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.