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Hucumarini Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth, Cobalt, Gold
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006245
MRDS ID BL20221
Record type Site
Current site name Hucumarini Mine
Alternate or previous names Nueva Austria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.63286, -15.86439 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Relative position 20 KM FROM SORATA

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
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE IS FORMS 70 TO 90% OF THE VEIN MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Wolframite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.06% CO, 13.66% CU, 1.05% WO3, 1.05% BI, 0.04 G/MT AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.63286, -15.86439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH
    Length 500M
    Width 0.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On West Side Of Sorata Batholith (Jurassic)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fritz Lackner

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 67wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 20wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 354000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.7 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 1511000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.99 wt-pct Copper Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1-2) POSSIBLE; (3-4) PROSPECTIVE; (5) POSSIBLE; (6) PROSPECTIVE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 2569.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS CUTS 70 TO 600 M LONG, TUNNELS 70 TO 1400 M LONG. OVERHAND STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINTEC (1984), INTERNAL REPORT 1984-2-C-2.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINTEC (1984)

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-4) MINTEC (1984); (5-6) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBPARALLEL VEINS TRANSVERSE TO STRIKE OF HOST SEDIMENTS TRUNCATED BY FAULTS TO THE EAST, 300 TO 500 M LONG AND 0.15 TO 0.60 M WIDE. TWO PHASES OF MINERALIZATION: (1) QUARTZ-WOLFRAMITE-ARSENOPYRITE-PYRITE WITH TRACES OF LOELLINGITE, DANAITE, AND NATIVE GOLD; (2) CHALCOPYRITE-BISMUTHINITE-HEMATITE-SIDERITE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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