Susana Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080332
MRDS ID W031451
Record type Site
Current site name Susana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.59952, -15.89772 (WGS84)
Elevation 4363
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM N 150 E OF TOWN OF SORATA, With In A Radius Of 1 Or 2 Minutes.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM AHLFELD'S MAP OF BOLIVIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS, 1963

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Micaceous Schist To Tourmaline Hornfels By Pluton

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Sorata Batholith
    Rock description Sorata Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.59952, -15.89772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Millipaya Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE PERDENDICULAR TO THE CONTACT WITH THE SORATA BATHOLITH AND ARE ONLY IN THE ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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