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Lechuza Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin, Copper, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006630
MRDS ID BL30201
Record type Site
Current site name Lechuza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.94118, -16.53297 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 27 KM S80E OF LA PAZ.

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
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.94118, -16.53297
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Flank Of An Overturned Anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS A MAIN FAULT WHICH TRENDS N40E AND SECONDARY FRACTURES WHICH TREND N65-75W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jose Guillermo Torrez

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSSIBLE, (2) PROVEN AND PROBABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS WITH CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • THESE VEINS HAVE BEEN MINED INTERMITENTLY SINCE COLONIAL TIMES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 15 VEINS, FIVE WITH HIGH GOLD GRADES AND TEN WITH LOW GOLD GRADES. VEINS ARE 0.02-0.2 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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