Santa Isabel Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006180
MRDS ID BL20133
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Isabel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.22616, -17.126 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM N65W OF ICHOCA

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Pampa
    Rock description Pampa
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.22616, -17.126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Vera Cruz

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 50wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 2754000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.63 wt-pct Tin Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE (2) POSSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAURA, F., AND VASVALDO, A., 1980, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA SANTA ISABEL: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LAURA AND VASVALDO (1980)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Cardenas, Nestor 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.