Kaluyo Oueste Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006315
MRDS ID BL20311
Record type Site
Current site name Kaluyo Oueste Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.10312, -16.3677 (WGS84)
Elevation 4870
Relative position 7.1 KM S40E OF MILLUNI

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
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Hornfels Metamorphism Of Shale; Chlorite-Tourmaline Vein Selvages; Disseminated Tourmaline In Quartzite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 47
USGS model code 15b
Deposit model name Sn veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Huayna Potosi Batholith
    Rock description Huayna Potosi Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Catavi
    Rock description Catavi
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.10312, -16.3677

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 30 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartzite Beds Sandwiched Between Shale Beds; Fracturing And Mineralization Most Intense Along Hinge Of Monocline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Estalsa Boliviana S.A.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 417000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.48 wt-pct Tin Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 1305000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.44 wt-pct Tin Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE; (2) POSSIBLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 900M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 900 M OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS DRIVEN UP TO 1979, SOME STOPED TO SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGHER GRADE PORTIONS OF VEINS WERE WORKED AND ORE WAS HAND SORTED. HIGH-GRADE ORE EXHAUSTED BY 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUEDA J., B.CH., 1979, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 61/78: CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    LEHMANN, B., 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILLERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, RIEHE A, N. 14, 135 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST EIGHT MANTO DEPOSITS, CONFINED TO QUARTZITE BEDS SANDWICHED BETWEEN SHALE LAYERS, CONSISTING OF DISCONTINUOUS NARROW VEINS WITH NARROW CHLORITE-TOURMALINE ALTERATION SELVAGES. TWO SETS OF FRACTURES/VEINS: ONE N70-85W 65 NE STRIKES SUBPARALLEL TO BEDDING; THE OTHER STRIKES N10-20E DIPS 85 SE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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