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Bajaderia Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100674
MRDS ID BL30105
Record type Site
Current site name Bajaderia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.21616, -16.98101 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 35 KM QUIME

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
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.21616, -16.98101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 75SE
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Minera Barrosquira

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)POSSIBLE (2)PROSPECTIVE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 150 M OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2)GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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