Tres Amigos Mine

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086930
MRDS ID BL10111
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Amigos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.59952, -16.62269 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000

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

  • NEAR FATIMA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES: 4.91 TO 10.44% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tiahuanacu
    Rock description Tiahuanacu
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.59952, -16.62269

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N40 TO 80E
    Dip 30 TO 35 SE
    Thickness 0.04M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cu Minerals Replace Fossil Plants

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. And H. Baudoin

Comments on the workings information

  • PIQUES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, W., 1967, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE COROCORO-GUAQUI (PRIMERA PARTE): SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-24, 36P., 1:1,000 MAPS

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (VARGAS, 1967

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS 0.1 TO 0.4 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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