Victoria Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005890
MRDS ID BL10068
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Canapa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.09311, -21.49256 (WGS84)
Elevation 5300
Relative position 200 KM BY ROAD FROM 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

  • IN SERRANIA DE CANAPA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Clay Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 167
USGS model code 25m
Deposit model name Fumarolic sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.09311, -21.49256

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stratovolcano

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fractures, Fissures, Porous Ash Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Ca%Apa

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Sulfur Sulfur 100wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 232000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 55 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 205000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 37 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 233000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 52 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES CONCEPCION MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PONCE V., J., 1967, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINAS VICTORIA Y EL TRIUNFO: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-547, 9P., MAP 1:2,500.

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 333-4.

  • Deposit

    SANTIESTEBAN A., CARLOS, 1972, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA SERRANIA DE CA%APA: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO

  • Deposit

    ESPINOZA, A., 1990, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, PONCE (1967

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PONCE (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED SULFUR IN LENTICULAR BODIES ALIGNED ALONG N-S FRACTURES. SULFUR DISSEMINATED IN MATRIX, FILLING VESICLES AND INTRACLAST VOIDS, AND LOCALLY REPLACING FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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