Mantos Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006048
MRDS ID BL10338
Record type Site
Current site name Mantos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.62813, -18.88624 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850
Relative position 5.5 KM S10W OF NEGRILLOS

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
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.62813, -18.88624

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FIELD INVESTIGATIONS BY USGS PERSONNEL IN 1990 FOUND ONLY GREEN CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PONCE, J., AND AVILA, W., 1965, MAPA GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA HOJA 5837 CARANGAS: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1:100,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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