Sakanhuaya Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Tin, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100680
MRDS ID BL30205
Record type Site
Current site name Sakanhuaya Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.06615, -17.11434 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 31 KM N10E OF COLQUIRI.

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
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz 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) -67.06615, -17.11434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 381M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N30W.

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 Sakanhuaya.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROVEN AND POSSIBLE, (2) PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS-CUTS, SHAFTS, AND DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE THREE MAJOR VEINS, EACH OF WHICH IS 650 M LONG, AVERAGE WIDTH IS 1.0 M, AND DEPTH 381 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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