Santa Clara Mine

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005931
MRDS ID BL10135
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Clara Mine
Alternate or previous names Clara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.33562, -18.03821 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position 22 KM N35W OF TURCO

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
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinite (Does Not Affect Primary Plagioclase Or Biotite)

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES BY GEOBOL (MURILLO ET AL, 1969): 26.54% CU OVER 25 CM, 17.82% CU OVER 16 CM, 7.83% CU OVER 190 CM, 7.32% CU GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Turco
    Rock description Turco
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Turco
    Rock description Turco

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.33562, -18.03821

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 65 E Fault Displaces Mantos 12 M.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 30 TO 40 NE
    Length 80M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carangas

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nicolas Mihaic

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 20wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 630000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 7 wt-pct Copper Major 1969
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 700000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 1330000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.9 wt-pct Copper Major 1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURILLO, J.E., KURONUMA, H., PREVOST, X., REVOLLO, R., AND JUAREZ, L., 1969, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO Y COBRE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME V-016, 55P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500.

  • Deposit

    KURONUMA, HIROJI, 1971, RESULTADO DE LAS INVESTIGACIONES REALIZADAS EN BOLIVIA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA/OVERSEAS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGENCY OF JAPAN UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MURILLO ET AL (1969)

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO (1968)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MURILLO ET AL (1969)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCOCITE DISSEMINATED IN BANDS 5 TO 10 CM THICK GRADING UP TO 20% CU BETWEEN BANDS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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