La Alianza Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006631
MRDS ID BL30202
Record type Site
Current site name La Alianza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.58283, -16.79769 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 47 KM S55E OF PALEA.

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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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) -67.58283, -16.79769

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Syncline

Ore body information

  • Strike N23W;
    Dip 46NE; 60NE
  • Strike N23W;
    Dip 46NE; 60NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilma And Julio Ponce

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSSIBLE, (2) PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 228 M OF CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS.

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 TWO VEIN SYSTEMS. THE FIRST TRENDS N23W AND DIPS 46NE AND CONTAINS SCHEELITE. THE SECOND IS TRANSVERSE TO THE FIRST AND DIPS 60NE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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