Pueblo Viejo

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Tungsten

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10024780
MRDS ID	ISM0532
Record type	Site
Current site name	Pueblo Viejo
Alternate or previous names	San Jose De Berque, Mina Germania?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-66.18278, -21.69755 (WGS84)
Relative position	TOWN OF ESMORACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Bolivia	Potosi

Comments on the location information

APPROXIMATELY 5 KM. WEST OF ESMORACA/ IN EXTREME SOUTH OF BOLIVIA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-66.18278, -21.69755	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Subvolcanic Dacitic Intrusion Of Miocene - Pliocene (?) Age.

Comments on the geologic information

; WLFM + QRTZ + BSMN + CLCP + PYRT; MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS EXTEND ABOUT 1,000 M ALONG STRIKE WITHIN AN IRREGU LAR MINERALIZED ZONE 200 M WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1914
Year of last production	1986

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner San Jose De Berque Co.

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	San Jose De Berque Co.

Comments on development

NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES, PROPOSED OPEN-PIT WITH AN ESTIMATED CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION OF 3,000 MT /MONTH IN OPERATION BY 1987. (RF1));

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	ISM0532
USGS	International Strategic Minerals Inventory	ISMI	W0130

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WILLIG,C.D. AND DELGADO,J., "SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN" IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNA TIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM MADRID, MAY 13-17, 1985, P. 58-85
Production

PAI - PA6: (RF1, P. 74). PC1: (RF1, P. 74).

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1986	Werner, Antony (Sinclair, W. David)	Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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