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San Vicente 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080364
MRDS ID W031487
Record type Site
Current site name San Vicente Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.24946, -17.206 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 KM S 45 W OF TOWN OF INDEPENDENCIA

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 BETWEEN THE SAYAQUIRA AND COLQUIRI RIVERS ON THE SW SIDE OF THE AMUTARA MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.24946, -17.206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tension Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AMUTARA MTN. CHAIN RESEMBLES THE CORDILLERAS TO THE NORTH, AND THERE MAY BE A PLUTON AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amutara Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 87-89

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

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