Huallatani District

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Arsenic, Zinc, Silver, Bismuth, Lead, Copper, Gold
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001596
MRDS ID W002063
Record type District
Current site name Huallatani District
Alternate or previous names Huallatani, Carmen Pampa, Katleen, Bouillette, San Antonio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.19121, -16.3046 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG FOR HUALLATANI MINE. DISTRICT CENTERED ON HUALLATANI MINE, ABOVE AN INFERRED BURIED LTRI INTRUSIVE.

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
Tin Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HORNFELS CONTACT METAMORPHISM; SILICA-CHLORITE-TOURMALINE VEIN SELVAGES; TOURMALINE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZITE.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.19121, -16.3046

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description ON AXIS AND W FLANK OF A N30-60W ANTICLINE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name HUALLATANI DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HYDROCARBUROS: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLIA, BOLETIN 5 (ESPECIAL), PP. 134-138

  • Deposit

    LEHMANN, B., 1979, SCHICHTGEBUNDE SN-LAGERSTATTEN IN DER CORDILERA REAL/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN ABHANDLUNGEN, REIHE A, N. 14, 135 P.

Beyond USGS

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