Titiri Mine

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094206
MRDS ID BL10110
Record type Site
Current site name Titiri Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.98284, -17.16573 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 4 KM W OF VISCACHANI

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Sericitic; Diminishes Rapidly With Depth

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.98284, -17.16573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fault; Dacite Intrusion Into Shale

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Illimani

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDRE, O., 1989, INFORME MINA TITIRI: LA PAZ, EMPRESA MINERA ILLIMANI, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILLING OF 9 HOLES TO 40 M DEPTH BY EMPRESA MINERA ILLIMANI (ANDRE, 1989) INTERSECTED A MINERALIZED ZONE AVERAGING 6 M THICK WITH 0.05 G/MT AU AND 8 G/MT AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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