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San Salvador Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tin
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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. 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005912
MRDS ID BL10101
Record type Site
Current site name San Salvador Mine
Alternate or previous names Salvador, Hipolito, Espa?ol. Sections: Condor, Pati?o
Related records 10005911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.36618, -19.96427 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 9 KM S50W OF LLICA, 620 KM BY ROAD 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

  • NE FLANK CERRO CHINCHILLAJUAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Jacobsite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Argillic

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY SANJINES (1968): 0.49% PB 85 G/T AG, 0.68% PB 135 G/T AG, 18.37% PB 260 G/T AG, 0.68% PB 135 G/T AG

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) -68.36618, -19.96427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W N35W N45W N30E
    Dip 32W 65W 63W 65W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Zones Of Weakness And Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonisits

Mining district

District name Chinchilhuma District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Minera El Porvenir

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 127.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS

Comments on development

  • UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY COOPERATIVA EL PORVENIR IN 1968 ; ECON.COM: OLD SPANISH LEAD-SILVER SMELTER ON SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANJINES, R., 1968, INFORME DE ASISTENCIA TECNICA MINERA A LA PROPIEDAD DE LA COOPERATIVA MINERA EL PORVENIR: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 14P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:500; 1:200

  • Deposit

    MCNAMEE, J., 1985, CERRO CHINCHILLAGUAY: LA PAZ, CIA. MINERA DEL SUR S.A., UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY SANJINES (1969)

  • Deposit

    VISIT DEC. 15, 1990 BY GEOBOL (SORIA/ENRIQUEZ)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS STRIKE N-S WITH VARIABLE DIPS E-W

Reporter information

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

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