Cruz Roja 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006484
MRDS ID BL20530
Record type Site
Current site name Cruz Roja Mine
Alternate or previous names Al Fin Hallada, Mariana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.22171, -17.06768 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position 14.5 KM N54E OF CAXATA

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
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.22171, -17.06768

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Barrosquira Ltda.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 23wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE; (3) POSSIBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LEVELS

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • BL20530 AND BL20260 ARE NOT DUPLICATES, KEITH LONG, MARCH 94.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DANTOS, D., AND GOMEZ, G., INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA AL FIN HALLADA: GEOBOL

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE THICKER AND HIGHER GRADE IN QUARTZITE THAN IN SLATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Cardenas,Nestor Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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