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Mercedes 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080362
MRDS ID W031485
Record type Site
Current site name Mercedes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.96615, -17.19767 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT IS KM S 45 W OF TOWN OF INDEPENDENCIA

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 BETWEEN THE SAYAQUIRA AND COLQUIRI RIVERS ON THE NE SIDE OF THE AMUTARA MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMMONLY 4% WO3

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.96615, -17.19767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Steeply Dipping Fault Separates The Slates And The Metamorphic Schists

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 30 TO 50 SW
    Thickness 0.02M
    Length 250M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AMUTARA MTN. CHAIN RESEMBLES THE CORDILLERAS TO THE NORTH, AND THERE MAY BE A PLUTON AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amutara Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • THE VEINS WAS MINED HEAVELY DURING WWI AND DURING THE YEARS 1936-1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 87-89

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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