Vesubio Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097747
MRDS ID BL20508
Record type Site
Current site name Vesubio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.29949, -16.99767 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position 4 KM N35W OF HUANACOTA

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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.29949, -16.99767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quime

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Minera Barrosquina

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME GE-1-79 GEOBOL - GE-G1/112 ARCHIVO GEOBOL

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 0.06 TO 0.20 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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