Lucrecia Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006276
MRDS ID BL20257
Record type Site
Current site name Lucrecia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.33282, -16.96435 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 19 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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.33282, -16.96435

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 77 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 0.02M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacifico Ledezma

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 1963000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.067 wt-pct Tin Major 1979
    Tungsten Wo3 0.6 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSSIBLE, (2) PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, TUNNELS, AND CROSS CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME GEOBOL GE-1-79-(1979)-GE-G1/112 ARCHIVO GEOBOL.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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