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Terranova-Jesuitas Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Tin
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006452
MRDS ID BL20491
Record type Site
Current site name Terranova-Jesuitas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.41616, -17.131 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 2 KM N35W OF YACO

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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.41616, -17.131
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Mineral Faults

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Mining district

District name S

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 360 M OF CROSSCUTS AND MORE THAN 100 M DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TIN VEINS STRIKE E-W, WOLFRAMITE VEINS N-S. TIN-BEARING COLLUVIAL DEPOSITS NEARBY NORTH OF JESUITAS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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