Boliviana

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067167
MRDS ID TCO7002
Record type Site
Current site name Boliviana
Alternate or previous names El Durazno

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.5512, -29.07414 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION, HEAD OF TRIBUTARY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.5512, -29.07414

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: M10GEOSYNCLINAL SED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boliviana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    MCALISTER, J. AND RUIZ, C., 1948, GEOLOGY OF TUNSTEN DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE: USGS BULL. 960-C.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

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