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Choquetanga Chico Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006243
MRDS ID BL20219
Record type Site
Current site name Choquetanga Chico Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.36616, -16.81435 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position AT CHOQUETANGA CHICO

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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.4-6.36% WO3.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.36616, -16.81435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E, N 10 W
    Dip 45 NW, 60 NE
    Width 0.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 570HA
    Length 145M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS 80 M, TUNNELS 65 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAPIA, O., 1968, -I-VM-12- MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEIN SYSTEMS. VEINS ARE 0.10 TO 0.35 M WIDE. MUSCOVITE AND BIOTITE FORM VEIN SELVAGES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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