Antonia Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006433
MRDS ID BL20467
Record type Site
Current site name Antonia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.0217, -17.4971 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM S25W OF CALUYO

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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.0217, -17.4971

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 61wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DE LA RIVA, C., LARA, S., AND OLMOS, M., 1976, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA ANTONIA: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    DEL LA RIVA AND OTHERS (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Leyton Rodriguez, Martha Delia Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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