Unificada Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006283
MRDS ID BL20268
Record type Site
Current site name Unificada Mine
Alternate or previous names Constancia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.36613, -17.83098 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 4 KM S55E OF ARQUE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.36613, -17.83098

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 70 W

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 M. H. Ramallo De La Rosa

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS 10, 12, AND 15 M LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, J.A., 1940, BANCO MINERO DE BOLIVIA REPORT, ARCHIVO MINTEC -1 UM-6.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR VEINS (ROSARIO, SURUMI, SAN JORGE, OCAMPO) PARRALEL BEDDING. ROSARIO VEIN IS 0.80 M WIDE WITH 0.80% SN.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 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.