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San Julian Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005888
MRDS ID BL10066
Record type Site
Current site name San Julian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.44028, -21.75338 (WGS84)
Elevation 4800
Relative position 5.5 KM S65W OF ESTANCIA GRANDE

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
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite-Calcite

Analytical data

Result GEOBOL (1971): 20 TO 2460 G/MT AG, 0.2 TO 2.2% PB, 0.01 TO 0.2% 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) -66.44028, -21.75338
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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 workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JIMENEZ, N., AND NU%EZ, G., 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE Y PUCA ORKHO: LA PAZ, UNDP, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 36P.

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA SAN JULIAN: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-71 INFORME GE-08, 4P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 20 CM TO 1.2 M WIDE

Reporter information

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

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

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