(Facility) Titicaca Refinery

Plant in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255351
MAS/MILS ID 3350200077
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Titicaca Refinery
Alternate or previous names Refineria De Titicaca

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.74953, -16.4977 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.74953, -16.4977

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Mining district

District name Lago Titicaca

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emp. Nacional De Fundiciones
    Interest 100
    Home office Bolivia
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR., 1975, WORLD ROUNDUP: MCGRAW HI

  • Deposit

    YORK, JAN., 1975, P. 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL DATA FROM EMJ, 1975: IN LOW PRIORITY PLANNING STAGE BY E 30000 MTPY CU REFIN., PLAN CONSTR. IN 1977, LOCATION FROM EM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1991 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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