1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Los Angeles Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Lead, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097718
MRDS ID BL20276
Record type Site
Current site name Los Angeles Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.48282, -17.08101 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position 11 KM N40W OF YACO

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
Tin Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.48282, -17.08101
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 200M
    Width 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Justino Ordes Nogales

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1 wt-pct Tin Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 110M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING CO. - 1969 MINTEC I-VM-11.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS, SEPARATED BY 10 TO 15 M, 180 AND 200 M LONG, RESPECTIVELY, AND 0.30 TO 0.50 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site