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Santa Rosa Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005852
MRDS ID BL10014
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Mine
Alternate or previous names Adits: Elsa, Ppal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.49334, -21.78727 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position 7 KM N25E OF GUADALUPE, 207 KM BY ROAD FRON UYUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH FLANK OF CERRO SANTA ROSA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS BY GEOBOL (GEOBOL, 1971): 0.51 TO 15.2% PB, UP TO 1720 G/T AG
Result AVERAGE 1.7% PB AND 211 G/T AG. ORE ASSAY BY CARO (1964): 0.18% CD, 12.35% PB, 61.7% ZN, 960 G/T AG. ORE MINED GRADED 1.1% PB AND 400 G/MT AG (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)
Result USGS (1990): UP TO 38 G/MT AG, 1.2% PB, 480 PPM ZN, 130 PPM CU, 330 PPM AS, 92 PPM SB, 38 PPM BI.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.49334, -21.78727
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W; N 76 E
    Dip SW; NW
    Depth to top 0M
  • Strike N 55 W; N 76 E
    Dip SW; NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Cerro Bonete

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATE BASED ON SIZE OF WORKINGS AND DUMPS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DUMPS MAY CONTAIN 13,000 TO 14,000 CUBIC METERS TAILS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 847M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 7 ADITS, INCLUDING THE SOCAVONES ELSA AND PPAL, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • MINED BY NUEVA CIA. DE LIPEZ TO 1908. OWNED BY WALTER HUARACHI IN 1961. NOW A RESERVA FISCAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JIMENEZ CH., NESTOR AND NUNEZ A., GERMAN, 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE Y PUCA ORKHO, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRANA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, 35P., MAPS 1:50,000;1:10,000.

  • Deposit

    VALENCIA, J., 1973, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION ORIENTAL DEL CERRO BONETE, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ-DEPTO. DE POTOSI: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 89P.

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA (GEOBOL), 1971, MINA SANTA ROSA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-02, 16P.

  • Deposit

    CARO, E., 1964, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINERA ARGENTO-PLUMBO-ZINQUIFERA SANTA ROSA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-359, MAP 1:1,000.

  • Deposit

    SUGAKI ET AL, 1986, GEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUR LIPEZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SRS. 3, V. 16, N. 3, P. 327-352.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (GEOBOL, 1971)

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ, 1988)

  • Deposit

    VISITED OCT. 1990 BY USGS/GEOBOL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY CARO (1964)

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JICA/MMAJ (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ (1988)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST VEINS STRIKE N55W AND DIP SW AND ARE UP TO 14 CM WIDE. A LESSER SET STRIKES N76E AND DIPS 84NW WITH WIDTHS OF 0.1 TO 1.6 M.
Deposit GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY: EM IN 459,000 SQ M AREA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Long, Keith R.; Hinojosa, A. U.S. Geological Survey

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