Senor De La Sentencia Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006463
MRDS ID BL20505
Record type Site
Current site name Senor De La Sentencia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.61341, -16.16493 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850
Relative position 3 KM N50W OF HUARINA

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
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.61341, -16.16493

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Inverse Fault Cutting Anticlines And Synclines

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 10-60 E
    Dip 50-57 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. Aguirre

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • KNOWN OREBODIES LARGELY EXHAUSTED

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCNAMEE, JAMES, 1978, PROSPECCION GEOQUIMICA EN EL NORTE DE LA PAZ: GEOBOL/UNDP INFORME XII/1978

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AVERAGE 0.20 M WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.