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Reconquista Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006252
MRDS ID BL20229
Record type Site
Current site name Reconquista Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.21619, -15.6144 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position 50 KM FROM SORATA

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
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.21619, -15.6144
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONGLOMERATE CONTAINS SUBROUNDED CLASTS OF GRANITE, HORNFELS, SLATE, QUARTZITE, AND QUARTZ.

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 Jaime Franco

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1-3) RECOVERABLE METAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANJINEZ, J.H., 1958, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT I-R5

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-3) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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