Inca Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107375
MRDS ID W031467
Record type Site
Current site name Inca Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.82089, -16.47659 (WGS84)
Elevation 4380
Relative position 16 KM N60E OF PALCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE FLANK OF CERRO INCA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Narrow, Irregular Muscovite-Chlorite Vein Selvages; Chlorite (After Biotite), Muscovite, Tourmaline Alteration Of Host Rock.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Taquesi-Mururata Batholith
    Rock description Taquesi-Mururata Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.82089, -16.47659

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N-S
    Dip 45-90W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures, And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taquesi-Mururata

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS UP TO 200 M LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Ericksen, George E. (Rowe, William D.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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