Enramada Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080341
MRDS ID W031462
Record type Site
Current site name Enramada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.81617, -16.3977 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 5KM N 120 W OF TOWN OF YANACACHI.

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 AND TEXT, 1963.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic
    Chronological age 199
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
    Rock description Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic
    Chronological age 199
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic
    Chronological age 199
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Choquecota Quartzites;Luturani Slate & Phyllites;Mururata Schists;Aceromarca Slates & Quartzites
    Rock description Choquecota Quartzites;Luturani Slate & Phyllites;Mururata Schists;Aceromarca Slates & Quartzites
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.81617, -16.3977

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Bedding Faults, Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yanacochi Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Mining Corp.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE ONLY IN THE COUNTRY ROCK ABOUT 8 (?) KM EAST OF THE CONTACT BOUNDARY OF THE BATHOLITH.
Deposit LARGE RESERVES PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-78 Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.) Department of State

Beyond USGS

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