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Porfia Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086948
MRDS ID BL10227
Record type Site
Current site name Porfia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.18784, -17.57155 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 1.2 KM E OF TOWN OF CHACARILLA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963): 13.95% CU, 0.65% PB, TR AG OVER 2.7 M.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.18784, -17.57155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 750M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chacarilla District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nitto Bolivia Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 120M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION GEOLOGICA ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44, 158P

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 2 MANTOS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1915 Long, Keith R. Servicio Geologic de Bolivia

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