Chambillaya Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000425
MRDS ID DE00316
Record type District
Current site name Chambillaya Mine
Alternate or previous names Chambilaya Margarita, Maria Graciela, San Antonio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.30529, -17.06128 (WGS84)

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 Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.30529, -17.06128

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description QUARTZ VEINS IN TOURMALINE-BEARING HORNFELS ABOVE A MIOCENE (?) GRANITIC INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1912

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ESTALSA-IMCO GROUP
    Home office LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • Type Operator
    Owner ESTALSA-IMCO GROUP
    Home office LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VALENZUELA, S.R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MAIN WOLFRAM MINES IN BOLIVIA, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 6, FEB. 1979, P. 6-8.

  • Deposit

    VALENZUEAL, S.R., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE MAIN WOLFRAM MINES IN BOLIVIA, PRIMARY TUNGSTEN ASSOCIATION, BULLETIN NO. 7, JUNE 1979, P. 4-8.

  • Deposit

    WILLIG, C.D. AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, PAPER PRESENTED AT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, SPAIN, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, FINANCIAL TIMES MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 1985, 1985, LONDON, LONGMAN LTD., P. 205.

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L., 1921, SOME UNIQUE BOLIVIAN TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 112, NO. 13, SEPT. 24, 1921, P. 492-499.

  • Deposit

    WILLIG, C.D. AND DELGADO, J., 1985, SOUTH AMERICA AS A SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN, IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN, 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY 1985, P. 58-85.

Beyond USGS

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