Laramcota Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Copper
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100656
MRDS ID BL20210
Record type Site
Current site name Laramcota Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.38282, -16.96435 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 30 KM FROM CAXATA, Estimated Location From Gustavson Assoc., 1992

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 Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Rock description Quimsa Cruz Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.38282, -16.96435

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 55-85 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within 500 To 1000 M Of Contact Between Quartzite And Quimsa Cruz Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Paz

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bolivian Mineral Traders Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gonzalo Soria And Federico Condarco ; Bolivian Mineral Traders Co.
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • SIGNIFICANT PAST PRODUCER. PRODUCTION NOW LIMITED TO ABOUT 1 MT/MO PB CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 50 TO 55 % PB. ABOUT 4 TO 5 QUINTALS/MONTH CASSITERITE RECOVERED FROM TAILINGS DEPOSITS AT CERRO GIGANTE CHICO.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY THE LEAD PORTION (SECCION PLOMO) HAS BEEN WORKED BY MEANS OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS AND SHAFTS. CUT AND FILL MINING

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLOATATION AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURGOS T., G. AND CORDERO S., G., 1967, INFORME SOBRE ASISTENCIA TECNICA A LA EMPRESA MINERA LARAMCOTA (GE-G2/402).

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT VEINS, 5 TO 40 CM WIDE, EMPLACED IN FRACTURES TRANSVERSE AND DIAGONAL TO THE AXIS OF AN ANTICLINE. DEPOSIT IS ZONED FROM SN (SECCION GIGANTE, TO SN-PB (SECCIONES SAN FRANCISCO, MINISTERTIO, MARIA LUISA, AND PLOMO)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-91 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-OCT-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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