Esperanza Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107592
MRDS ID BL20069
Record type Site
Current site name Esperanza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.07448, -17.27545 (WGS84)
Elevation 4508
Relative position 13 KM N20E OF COLQUIRI

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

Comments on the location information

  • AT TOCO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.07448, -17.27545

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 20M
    Length 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name La Paz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Humberto Paz Alarcon
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION IS VERY SMALL, REACHING 300-400 KG OF COPPER ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS-CUT ADITS 7 TO 20 M LONG ALONG LENGTH OF VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEDIA, M.J., AND GONZALES, G.A., 1969, ESPERANZA MINE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G2/439

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 200 TO 500 M LONG AND 3 TO 20 M WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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