Apolo Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Copper
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 10006371
MRDS ID BL20384
Record type Site
Current site name Apolo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.71172, -16.26548 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM S20E OF COROICO

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

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES FOR HACIENDA CARMEN PAMPA AS SHOWN ON 1:250,000 TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM VEIN OUTCROP CONTAIN 3.01% CU AND 560 G/MT AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.71172, -16.26548

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Augusto Pijoin
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1937

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carlos G. De Saavedra

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION. SOME AG ALSO PRODUCED.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1920 TO 1937; IDLE TO 7/1969 WHEN WORKING WERE REPOPENED WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEDIA M., J., AND GONZALES C., A., 1960, APOLO MINE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G2/438

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    VEDIA AND GONZALES (1960)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CU-IRON OXIDE VEIN, 35 M LONG, 3 CM WIDE, OUTCROPS. THIN QUARTZ-FE OXIDE VEINS EXPOSED IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ORE IS OXIDIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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