San Miguel Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with commodities Beryllium, Mica, Kaolin
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006706
MRDS ID BL30294
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.20368, -16.58519 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.4 KM N15W OF SAN JUAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Primary
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized Feldspar

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 41
USGS model code 13h
Deposit model name Complex/zoned pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Quiser Formation, La Bella Group
    Rock description Quiser Formation, La Bella Gp

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.20368, -16.58519

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Bella

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LITHERLAND, M. AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153P.

  • Deposit

    FLETCHER, C.J.N. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE CONCEPCION: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SERVICIO DE BOLIVIA, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LITHERLAND ET.AL. (1986) P. 118.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE BODY COVERING 4000 SQ. M AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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