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Buena Vista Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097758
MRDS ID BL30131
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.38285, -15.74772 (WGS84)
Elevation 3600

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Yani Batholith
    Rock description Yani Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.38285, -15.74772
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arturo Zamorano

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 18302000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.64 wt-pct Tin Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 16138000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.41 wt-pct Tin Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 2476000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.88 wt-pct Tin Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)PROBABLE; (2)POSSIBLE; (3)PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS 65, 73, AND 145 M LONG THAT BOTH FOLLOW AND CROSSCUT VEINS.

Comments on development

  • GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLORES, N., AND COCA, A., 1983, INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-3) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO N-S 65W VEINS 40 AND 45 M LONG, 0.5 M AVG. WIDTH; NW-SE 62 NE VEIN 45 M LONG, AVG. 0.75 M WIDE; TWO NE-SW 65 NW VEINS 80 M LONG, 0.77 M AVG. WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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