Mine detail: Comanche Quarry

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Location: La Paz, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -16.95962, -68.41952
dep_id: 10006021
mrds_id: BL10299
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Stone, Dimension
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Andesite Porphyry Sill Intruding Eocene-Oligocene Sediments
References:
  • Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P.
  • Deposit:: REDWOOD, S.D., AND MACINTYRE, R.M., 1989, K-AR DATING OF MIOCENE MAGMATISM AND RELATED EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN ALTIPLANO OF BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 84, P. 618-630.
  • Deposit:: AVILA-SALINAS, W.A., 1973, SOBRE LA GENESIS A LA ROCA DE COMANCHE, PROVINCIA PACAJES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE LA PAZ: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA BOLIVIANA BOLETIN, N. 20, P. 109-128.
  • Deposit:: SMULIKOWSKI, K., 1945, COMANCHE; PIEDRA DE CONSTRUCCION (INFORME GEOLOGICO): MINERIA BOLIVIANA, V. 2, N. 24, P. 21-23.
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS (ORRIS, ASHER-BOLINDER) AND GEOBOL (CARRASCO, CLAURE) PERSONNEL, 199
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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