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La Deseada Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005877
MRDS ID BL10053
Record type Site
Current site name La Deseada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.70282, -19.66843 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Zoned Vertically From Top: Silicification, Silicification-Argillization, Propylitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.70282, -19.66843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Salinas De Garci Mendoza

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEDINA C., A., JIMENEZ CH., N., AND IBANEZ V., V., 1988, CARACTERISTICAS GEOLOGICAS Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS MARIA LUISA, ORURO-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME NU-17, 32P.

  • Deposit

    URIBE, HERNAN, 1989, YACIMIENTOS ARGENTIFEROS-AURIFEROS DE GUADALUPE Y LA DESEADA: INTI RAYMI SA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL EVALUATION BY UNDP (MEDINA ET. AL., 1988

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS STRIKE E-W AND DIP VERTICAL TO 80N ARE 600 TO 1000 M LONG AND 1 TO 2.5 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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

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