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Huacata Mine

Past Producer in Tarija, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10006392
MRDS ID BL20413
Record type Site
Current site name Huacata Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.87442, -21.23367 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100
Relative position 3.5 KM S85W OF HUACATA, 35 KM N25W OF TARIJA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tarija(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Tarija
Bolivia Tarija

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM DIFFERENT MANTOS AVERAGE 130 G/MT AG, 4.55% PB AND 6.67% ZN PARA OVER WIDTH OF 1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Cieneguillas Formation
    Rock description Cieneguillas Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.87442, -21.23367
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Anticlines And Synclines

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 Vaca Dolz Family

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS AND INCLINES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING CO. MINTEC I-VM-II.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR MANTOS, 4-5 M VERTICALLY APART, ALONG BEDDING PLANES 0.05 TO 1.2 M THICK. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FOLD AXIS AND THINS OUT DOWN ALONG LIMBS OF FOLDS.

Reporter information

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