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Alexander Mauricio 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097720
MRDS ID BL20292
Record type Site
Current site name Alexander Mauricio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.16618, -16.06438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 13 KM N70W OF ZONGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.16618, -16.06438
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NW
    Dip 60 SW
    Width 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Bellota

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 5086000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 2.48 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE RESERVE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 142M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, LONGEST 35 M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANO M., AND MONJE R., 1979, INFORME ETAPA "A", PROYECTO 02/77 CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO DE EXPLORACION MINERA.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GUSTAVSON AND ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT BRECCIATED VEINS 0.20 TO 0.50 M WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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