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Don Vicente Mine

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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107596
MRDS ID BL20114
Record type Site
Current site name Don Vicente Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.29949, -16.94768 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 21.5 KM N10E OF CAXATA

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
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization, Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 47
USGS model code 15b
Deposit model name Sn veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.29949, -16.94768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 30-50 NW
    Thickness 0.03M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS CONTAIN SUBROUNDED CLASTS OF GRANITE, HORNFELS, QUARTZITE, SLATE, SANDSTONE, AND QUARTZ IN A MATRIX OF SAND AND CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quime

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. Aranibar

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 18848000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 2.56 wt-pct Tin Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSIBLES, (2) PROSPECTIVAS
  • (1) YAYCURA SECTOR; (2) PELERA SECTOR; (3) HUITEKALA SECTOR; (4) TUTILIMUNDI SECTOR; (5) WACAHUILLO SECTOR; (6) HUITOPONTE SECTOR; (7) QUEQUELERA SECTOR; (8) CHAVARRIA SECTOR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 95HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS, CROSS-CUTS, SHAFTS, RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL, 1979, INFORME GE-1-79 (GE-G1/112 ARCHIVO GEOBOL)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOBOL (1979)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUGGETS, FLAKES AND FINE GOLD IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN PLACER DEPOSITS.
Deposit VEINS 0.05 TO 0.25 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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