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Paracelso Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006157
MRDS ID BL20098
Record type Site
Current site name Paracelso Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.28282, -16.96435 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position 20 KM N15E OF CAXATA

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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 47
USGS model code 15b
Deposit model name Sn veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.28282, -16.96435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E, N 20 W
    Dip 70 SE, 50 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Franz

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE IN SIGHT WORKED OUT EXCEPT FOR ORE REMAINING IN PILLARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING CO., 1969, MINTEC I-VM-II.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS, LARGEST IS 110 M LONG, AVERAGES 0.4 M WIDE, STRIKES N70E AND DIPS 70 SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. 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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