Poldi 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006287
MRDS ID BL20273
Record type Site
Current site name Poldi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.29949, -16.99767 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position 16 KM N15E OF CAXATA

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 Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.29949, -16.99767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25-64 E
    Dip 56-79 SE, 76-82 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quime

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Barrosquira

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 38999000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.8 wt-pct Tin Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSSIBLE, (2) PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 1000 M OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, AND SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME GE-1-79 GEOBOL (1979) - GE-G1/112 ARCHIVO GEOBOL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 0.16-0.60 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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