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Rosario Del Rey Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005894
MRDS ID BL10073
Record type Site
Current site name Rosario Del Rey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.54948, -22.24754 (WGS84)
Elevation 5310
Relative position 825 KM FROM LA PAZ

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 CERRO ROSARIO DEL REY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chalcedony

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY CORDERO ET.AL. (1968) 0.33 TO 75.57% S, 0 TO 0.34% AS

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.54948, -22.24754
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40 TO 80W
    Dip 45 SW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porous Pyroclastics

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ALTERED VITRIC TUFF GRADING 4% S, IMPREGNATIONS IN VITRIC TUFF GRADING 30 TO 70%S AND RICH POCKETS 90% S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Azufrera Barrero

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 5115100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 51.5 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORDERO, G., JIMENEZ, L., AND VILLA, P., 1968, INFORME SOBRE PROSPECCION DE YACIMIENTOS DE AZUFRE MINA ROSARIO DEL REY: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-585, 15P., MAPS 1:20,000; 1:1,000

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, CORDERO ET.AL. (1968

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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