Bolsa Negra

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255600
MAS/MILS ID 3350200057
Record type Site
Current site name Bolsa Negra
Alternate or previous names Nevada

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -67.7895, -16.53769 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250
Location accuracy 500(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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -67.7895, -16.53769

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N23E
    Dip 20W
    Length 800M
    Width 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N23E:20W
    Date of Last Modification 830917
  • Area 1601HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1601
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE ARE 20 MINERALIZED BEDS WITH VEINS 4 TO 80 CM THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Stope - Overhand
Year of first production 1914
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Mururata

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Comibal (Corp. Minera De Bolivia)
    Interest 100
    Home office Bolivia
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooperative Minera De Bolsa Negra (A Lease By A Coop)
    Interest 100
    Home office Bolivia
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • OP: COOPERATIVA MINERA DE BOLSA NEGRA. RESOURCES AS OF 1/83

Comments on the production information

  • MINE REOPENED IN 1987 AND AS OF 1992 IS STILL PRODUCING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 90% MINE RECOVERY. 5% DILUTION.
  • ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES: THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN 1990 SIXTH EDITION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND 10-38
    Percent Recovery 90
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $112/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN

  • Reserve-Resource

    6'TH EDITION 1990. P 48.

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN

  • Deposit

    MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 109-111, PRINTED IN BILBAO, S

  • Deposit

    IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.

  • Deposit

    PEREIRA BASCOPE, G., 1968, INVESTIGACIONES PRELIM. SOBRE TEC

  • Deposit

    Y METALOGEN. EN LAS CORD. REAL Y QUIMSA CRUZ: SER. GEOL. DE

  • Deposit

    BOL. 9, LA PAZ, 99 PGS.

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATION, LONDON.

  • Deposit

    PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, QUARTERLY BULLETINS 1977-1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS MAJOR W PRODUCER IN WWI AND IS BEDDING REPLACEMENTS M THICK HORIZONTAL ZONE, INDIVIDUAL ORE SEAMS ARE 0.02 TO 0. WIDE, 26 LAYERS KNOWN, GRADE OF ORE LENSES IS 1 TO 2.5 PCT W DATA FROM AHLFELD, MINE 85 KM E OF LA PAZ. LOCATION FROM AHL MAP, 1954.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-APR-1995 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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