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Amistad Mine

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005925
MRDS ID BL10123
Record type Site
Current site name Amistad Mine
Alternate or previous names San Geronimo, Sevaruyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.91836, -19.37094 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 6 KM S70W OF SEVARUYO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS: 0.61 TO 15.86% CU OVER 0.3 TO 5.29

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 Chamorra
    Rock description Chamorra
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.91836, -19.37094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N30 TO 40E
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 2M
    Length 450M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDES OF CU FOUND NEARBY AT TERTIARY/QUATERNARY CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gregorio Coca Patzi

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Comments on development

  • PURCHASED BY SR. COCA IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT MGA-44, 163P.

  • Deposit

    MURILLO, J.E., AND OTHERS, 1969, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO Y COBRE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME V-016, 55P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS ARE 250 TO 450 M LONG, 0.7 TO 2 M THICK
Deposit RECORD INFORMATION ALSO SUPPLIED BY GEOBOL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R.; Camacho M., Eduardo 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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