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Victoria Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Sulfur
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005955
MRDS ID BL10173
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Victoria, Cayte, Caite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.53118, -20.55091 (WGS84)
Elevation 4320
Relative position 3 KM S10E OF EL DESIERTO

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

  • SOUTHERNMOST OF MINE WORKINGS ON CERRO CAYTE S DEPOSIT, ON SW FLANK OF CERRO COYA COYANI, NEAR VOLCANIC CRATER PICO DE LORO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADES UP TO 40%

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.53118, -20.55091
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stratovolcano

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 5M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porous Volcanic Ash Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Cayte Sulfur Deposit

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Clavijo (Emicla)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 332

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTO IS 3 TO 5 M THICK AND UNDERLIES A BASALT FLOW. DISSEMINATED AND FRACTURE-FILLING SULFUR IN ALTERED TUFF.

Reporter information

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

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