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Azanaques Mining Group

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
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  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006420
MRDS ID BL20451
Record type Site
Current site name Azanaques Mining Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: Mercedes and Calahuana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.7328, -18.98095 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 10 KM S20E OF CHALLAPATA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Llallagua Cancaniri;Cancaniri
    Rock description Llallagua Cancaniri;Cancaniri

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.7328, -18.98095
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oruro

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Juan Yaksic

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ G., L., AND MONTANO L., R., 1974, AZANAQUES MINING GROUP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT, MERCEDES AND CALAHUANA MINES: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G2/220

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 164.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 0.1-0.9 M WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Gomez G., Gabriel Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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