Ancohuma-Jahuira Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Arsenic
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. 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 10006633
MRDS ID BL30206
Record type Site
Current site name Ancohuma-Jahuira Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.49952, -15.69772 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 64 KM NE OF SORATA.

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
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Illampu Batholith
    Rock description Illampu Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.49952, -15.69772

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK
    Strike N40-70W
    Dip 50-70NE
    Length 500M
    Width 30M

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 Comrosa

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE, (2) PROBABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS 500 BY 30 M AND CONSISTS OF A STOCKWORK OF VEINLETS WITH WIDTHS UP TO 1.20 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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