San Jorge Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006436
MRDS ID BL20470
Record type Site
Current site name San Jorge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.22616, -17.05685 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 KM S60E OF HUANCOTA

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
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Kaolinization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.22616, -17.05685

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 Santa Vera Cruz

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • BL20227 AND BL20470 ARE NOT DUPLICATES, KEITH LONG, MARCH 94.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POZO G., T., AND LOPEZ H., J, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-91 Barriga Parra, Freddy Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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