Cuatro Hermanos Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  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 10006302
MRDS ID BL20294
Record type Site
Current site name Cuatro Hermanos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.76617, -16.66436 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 8.5 KM N60E OF COHONI

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
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.76617, -16.66436

Economic information

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
    Owner Federico Lahore

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY AND FLOATATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AGUIRRE, C.A., 1965, INTERNATIONAL MINING, CO., INTERNAL REPORT I-VM-19, ARCHIVO MINTEC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER PART OF DEPOSIT CONTAINS SHOOTS IN VEINS OF CASSITERITE-PYRITE IN GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY. LOWER PART OF DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF N-S VEINS OF GALENA-SPHALERITE-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE-BOURNONITE-PYRRHOTITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Orlando, Andre Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 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.