Alicia Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006236
MRDS ID BL20207
Record type Site
Current site name Alicia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.58285, -15.83105 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 30 KM FROM ACHACACHI

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
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 50
USGS model code 16
Deposit model name Climax Mo

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Illampu Batholith
    Rock description Illampu Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.58285, -15.83105

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.2M

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 Jose Lucio Alvestegui

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZIMMERMAN, CHARLES, 1969, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, O.80 TO 1.20 M LONG, FILLING FRACTURES AND JOINTS WITH VARIABLE STRIKE AND DIP

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

Beyond USGS

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