Incognita Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Tin
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. 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 10006635
MRDS ID BL30208
Record type Site
Current site name Incognita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.61619, -15.84772 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 6 KM FROM MILLIPAYA

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
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz 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) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Illampu Batholith
    Rock description Illampu Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.61619, -15.84772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 100M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE WEST FLANK OF THE ILLAMPU BATHOLITH ADJACENT TO OTHER MINES WITH COPPER, TIN AND WOLFRAM MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walter Lanz

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 THE INCOGNITA VEIN HAS A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 100 M WITH GRADES AROUND 14 G/T AU.

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.