Aceromarca 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080339
MRDS ID W031459
Record type Site
Current site name Aceromarca Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.89951, -16.38103 (WGS84)
Elevation 4900
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM DIRECTLY SOUTH OF TOWN OF PONGO. (?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE ACEROMARCA RIVER, A TRIBUTARY TO THE UNDUAVI RIVER. LOCATION FROM AHLFELD'S TEXT, P. 74.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
    Rock description Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic
    Chronological age 199
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Rosario;Salvadora
    Rock description Rosario;Salvadora
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.89951, -16.38103

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Intrusive Has Domed The Host Sediments Accounting For The Horizontal Orientation Of The Veins

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip NEARLY HORIZONTAL
    Thickness 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE IN THE ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK NEAR THE BOUNDRY OF THE BATHOLITH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-81 Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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