Pedro Domingo Murillo Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Zinc, Molybdenum
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 10006300
MRDS ID BL20290
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro Domingo Murillo Mine
Alternate or previous names Khalasani, Lourdes, Elba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.01618, -16.28103 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 12 KM N75W 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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sorata Batholith
    Rock description Sorata Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.01618, -16.28103

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 300M
    Width 100M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS IN AN APOPHYSIS OF THE SORATA BATHOLITH INTRUDING CONTACT METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS (HORNFELS, QUARTZITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pallaya Trinidad Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL, 1980, PROYECTO CORDILLERA: INFORME GE-61/272 ARCHIVO GEOBOL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE, 300 BY 100 M IN AREA, OF SUBPARALLEL VEINS 0.25 TO 0.50 M WIDE, WITH A DENSITY OF ONE PER 1 TO 1.5 METERS. STOCKWORK TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS ELSEWHERE IN THE GRANITE HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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