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Laliga and Alicia Mines

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006273
MRDS ID BL20254
Record type Site
Current site name Laliga and Alicia Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.33282, -16.98101 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 17 KM DUE NORTH OF CAXATA

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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.33282, -16.98101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70-80 S
    Length 500M
    Width 1.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Andes (Eduardo Sarmiento)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 67424000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 4 wt-pct Tin Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 170M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONJE R., 1980, INFORME TECNICO ETAPA "A" PROYECTO N 34/77 CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION. FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS, LARGEST IS 500 M LONG AND 0.30 TO 1.40 M WIDE. OTHER VEIN IS SHORTER AND NARROWER.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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