Reconquistada 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080343
MRDS ID W031464
Record type Site
Current site name Reconquistada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.83283, -16.36437 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7 KM N 160 E OF TOWN OF UNDUAVI, Within A Radius Of 2 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 AHFELD'S MAP OF BOLIUTAN MINERAL DEPOSITS, 1963.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz 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 > Granite
    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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.83283, -16.36437

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yanacachi Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE RESERVES PRESENT ; 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

Beyond USGS

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