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Angeles Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Antimony, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080376
MRDS ID W031500
Record type Site
Current site name Angeles Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.08279, -17.06434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 KM N 40 W OF CITY OF ORURO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS ON THE SOUTH BORDER OF THE MOROCOCALA MESA 5 KM NORTH OF THE ROAD FROM HUANUNI-CATAVI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferberite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.08279, -17.06434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Conde Auque Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBURES DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOL. 5, P. 98, 101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE CONTAINS TWO VEINS 20 AND 40 CM THICK RESPECTIVELY. THE PARAGENESIS IS INTERPRETED IN TWO PHASES: 1) QUARTZ AND SCHEELITE; 2) FERBERITE AND STIBNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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