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Conde Auque Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Antimony, Tin
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006291
MRDS ID BL20279
Record type Site
Current site name Conde Auque Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.92476, -17.71377 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 15 KM N40E OF PARIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Uncia;Cancaniri
    Rock description Uncia;Cancaniri
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.92476, -17.71377
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Sw Flank Of A Broad N45w Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W, E-W, N 20 W
    Dip 80 NE, 70N, 80 SW
    Thickness 0.06M
    Length 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jose Iseha

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX WORKINGS 1000 TO 1100 M LONG FOR WOLFRAMITE, 4 WORKINGS 8 TO 10 M LONG FOR SCHEELITE, 3 WORKINGS 25 TO 120 M LONG FOR SILVER, AND 5 WORKINGS 18 TO 65 M LONG FOR ANTIMONY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAPIA, OSCAR, 1970, ARCHIVO MINTEC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 30 TO 1000 M LONG, 0.02 TO 0.60 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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