San Antonio 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006123
MRDS ID BL20058
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.58869, -15.85855 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.58869, -15.85855

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Millipaya

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCES 3 MT/MONTH W CONCENTRATE AVERAGING 70 TO 80% WO3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 130M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS DEVELOPED ON TWO LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAUREGUI, J., 1979, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF MINE GEOLOGIC EXPLORATION, MILLAPAYA DISTRICT: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G1/405

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    JAUREGUI (1979)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Aviles A., Osvaldo Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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