Juliana Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006187
MRDS ID BL20141
Record type Site
Current site name Juliana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.22866, -17.04685 (WGS84)
Relative position 11.5 KM N25W 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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Slate Is Hornfelsed

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.22866, -17.04685

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Vera Cruz

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS (NOW FLOODED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POZO, T., AND LOPEZ H., J., INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA JULIANA: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Moreno Dorado, Jorge 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.