San Jose Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107599
MRDS ID BL20127
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.26032, -17.07879 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 KM N50W OF ICHOCA

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Amutara
    Rock description Amutara
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.26032, -17.07879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sayanquira

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTOS B., D., AND VASVALDO O., A., INFORME GLOBAL PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION SECTORES "SAYANQUIRA", "TRES CRUCES": GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Moreno Dorado, Jorge Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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