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Cleopatra 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 10080358
MRDS ID W031481
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.49949, -16.81435 (WGS84)
Elevation 3400
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM SW OF THE TOWN OF CHOQUETANGA CHICO

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 ABOUT 65 KM WSW OF COCHABAMBA IN A LINE OF TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS WHICH EXTENDS NW-SE APPROXIMATING THE STRIKE OF THE AXIS OF THE QUIMSA CRUZ BATHOLITH TO THE NORTH.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = COCHABAMBA 1:250000
  • ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE BATHOLITH BETWEEN THE TWO TRIBUTARIES TO THE CALACHACA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.49949, -16.81435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 TO 70 W
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • IGNEOUS ROCK NOT EXPOSED BUT UNDERLYING PLUTON SUSPECTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Choquetanga Chico Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • AREA OPERATED DURING 1908-1919, AND SINCE 1935. ; MILL.CAP: 731740 KG ; ECON.YEAR: 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN TUNGSTEN ZONE IS A SHEETED QUARTZ-PYRRHOTITE-FERBERITE VEIN COMPLEX WITHIN INTENSE SERICITE-TOURMALINE-SILICA ALTERATION ZONE. TIN FOUND IN PERIPHERAL QUARTZ-PYRITE-CASSITERITE VEINS WITH WEAK ALTERATION.
Deposit VEIN PASS FROM THE BATHOLITH INTO THE MINERALIZED COUNTRY ROCKS.
Deposit A PRONOUNCED CU-ZN-SN-W-AS-MN-RB-SR GEOCHEMICAL DISPERSION ANOMALY PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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