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Dorita Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006246
MRDS ID BL20222
Record type Site
Current site name Dorita Mine
Alternate or previous names Quiabaya, San Pedro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.6912, -15.65605 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 KM WNW OF QUILABAYA, Estimated Location From Gustavson Assoc., 1992., Estimated Location From Gustavson Assoc., 1992.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.6912, -15.65605
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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 Lipichi-Cascabel

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alameda Limitada

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.4 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) MINIMUM OPEN-PIT MINABLE POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL, 1980, PROYECTO CORDILLERA (PNUD-GEOBOL) INFORME GE-G1/272 ARCHIVO GEOBOL

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) GEOBOL (1980)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE TRENDING FRACTURES MORE THAN 0.03 M WIDE FILLED BY QUARTZ-WOLFRAMITE-ARSENOPYRITE IN A ZONE OF WEAK PYRITIZATION. QUARTZ-ARSENOPYRITE-GALENA-STIBNITE MINERALIZATION FOUND IN FLOAT. MINE IS AN OLD ANTIMONY MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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