Cairuni Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006164
MRDS ID BL20107
Record type Site
Current site name Cairuni Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.9767, -17.12184 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM S85E OF REA REA, 1 KM N OF ESTANCIA CHIAR UTA

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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.9767, -17.12184

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1980 WAS 4 MT/MONTH GALENA CONS WITH 65% PB AND 3.2 KG/MT AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIA, A., AND VASQUEZ, F., 1980, CAVARI-AMUTARA FIELD PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/408)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIA AND VASQUEZ (1980)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE IRREGULAR, BETWEEN 2 TO 30 CM THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Calderon, Raul 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.