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Margarita Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tungsten
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  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080361
MRDS ID W031484
Record type Site
Current site name Margarita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.23282, -17.04768 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM SOUTH OF TOWN OF QUIME.

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 ON A SHARP RIDGE BETWEEN THE CHAMBILLAYA STREAM TO THE EAST AND THE HUALLATANI TO THE WEST. THE MARIA GRACIELA, HUNTUMA, AND SAN ANTONIO MINES OCCUR NEARBY. 10 PRINCIPLE VEINS ARE KNOWN IN THE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz 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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Santa Vera Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Santa Vera Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.23282, -17.04768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Se Trending Anticline And Synclines.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tension Fractures And Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED ZONE IN THE MINE AREA COVERS A CIRCULAR REGION 1400 M IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Chambillaya Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES YE DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS OCCUR ONLY IN THE MINERALIZED COUNTRY ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

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

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