Lourdes Ines Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Nickel, Cobalt
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097684
MRDS ID BL10199
Record type Site
Current site name Lourdes Ines Mine
Alternate or previous names Marimarini

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.2376, -17.291 (WGS84)

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Cadmium Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Greenockite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES BY SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1962): 27.35% PB, 3.05% ZN, 880 G/T AG. ZN HAS 20% CD.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.2376, -17.291

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 500M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Berenguela

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 250M
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PROSPECT PITS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • MINED BY SPANISH TO 1780. ADITS DRIVEN 1924 TO 1928.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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