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Lourdes Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080337
MRDS ID W031457
Record type Site
Current site name Lourdes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.01618, -16.2977 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM N 30 W OF TOWN OF PONGO

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

  • LOCATED SE OF THE CHUCURA BATHOLITH, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE UNDUAVI RIVER. LOCATION FROM AHLFELD'S TEXT, P. 75.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE REPLACING WOLFRAMITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 14% WO3 IN RICH VEIN MATERIAL.

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Chucura Batholith
    Rock description Chucura Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic
    Chronological age 180.5
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.01618, -16.2977
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 60M

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
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Pongo Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE ONLY IN COUNTRY ROCKS.
Deposit MUCH OF THE VEIN IS EXHAUSTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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

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