Aguilar Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005881
MRDS ID BL10058
Record type Site
Current site name Aguilar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.15058, -21.64894 (WGS84)
Elevation 3920
Relative position 5 KM S35W OF ESTANCIA KOLLPANI

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY GEOBOL (1971): TRACE TO 24% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Quehua Inferior
    Rock description Quehua Inferior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.15058, -21.64894

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Aguilar Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N30 TO 54W
    Dip 4 TO 6 NE
    Thickness 0.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Preferred Bed Under Impermeable Shale Horizon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Peasant Miner
Year of first production 1967

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Nuevas Horizontes

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 158M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 ADITS; PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCING ABOUT 5 MT/MO HAND SORTED 15% CU ORE 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA AGUILAR: PROYECTO COMIBOL-LIPEZ-70 INFORME GE-30, 14P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY GEOBOL/USGS PERSONNEL 1990

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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