Honorina Mine

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097694
MRDS ID BL20055
Record type Site
Current site name Honorina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.24949, -16.80601 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 KM FROM CHOQUETANGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Catavi
    Rock description Catavi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.24949, -16.80601

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Choquetanga - Pacuni

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION SECTOR CHOQUETANGA - PACUNI

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO QUARTZITE BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Cardenas, Nestor Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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