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Argentina Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107377
MRDS ID W031625
Record type Site
Current site name Argentina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.48282, -16.98101 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 8 KM NW OF PACUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Reactivation Superimposed

Mineral occurrence model information

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

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 Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Catavi;Pampa;
    Rock description Catavi;Pampa;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.48282, -16.98101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into Borrascotabajaderia Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 TO 60 E
    Dip 75 TO 80 NW
    Length 450M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 260M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Systems With Strike Ne And Dip To The West

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLEAR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ZONATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Caracoles

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Caracoles (Comibol)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 260M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE BY SHRINKAGE STOPING.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 1,812 TONS CONCENTRATE ; ECON.YEAR: 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    URCULLO, A., 1971, RESULTADOS GEOLOGICO - ECONOMICOS DEL ESTUDIO EN EL DISTRITO DE LA EM. CARACOLES: SOC GEOL BOL. BOLE. NO. 16

  • Deposit

    CARO, E., 1962, PETROGENESIS Y MINERALIZACION DEL BATOLITO DE QUIMSA CRUZ: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE ORURO, FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando Department of State

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

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