Berenguela District

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Cadmium, Copper, Cobalt, Zinc, Bismuth, Lead, Arsenic, Nickel, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001594
MRDS ID W002044
Record type District
Current site name Berenguela District
Alternate or previous names San Jose, Hucurani, Jokolluni, El Zorro, Anaconda, Marimarini, Pacocahua, San Luis, Manco Kapac

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.21894, -17.28517 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT LONG IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DISTRICT NEAR SAN JOSE MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CHARANA (SE 19-6) 1:250000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.21894, -17.28517

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description BERENGUELA VOLCANIC DOME

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discoverer Spanish Colonists
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name BERENGUELA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA DEL SUR S.A. (COMSUR)
  • Type Operator
    Owner EMICRUZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M., (IN PREPARATION), THE CADMIUM-RICH POLYMETALLIC VEINS OF THE BERENGUELA DISTRICT, BOLIVIA, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO MINERAL SPRINGS

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS: DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., BOL. 5 (ESPECIAL), PP. 294-296

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., 1936, DIE ZINK-UND KADMIUM LAGERSTAETTEN VON BERENGUELA, BOLIVIEN; METAL UND ERZ, V. 33, PP. 613-615.

  • Deposit

    BERENGUELA DISTRICT, IN FIELD GUIDE, YACIMIENTOS EPITERMALES EN AMBIENTES DE VOLCANISMO RECIENTE, SEMINARIO-TALLER, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, SEPT. 4-16, 1988, P. 34-36.

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P.

Beyond USGS

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