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Uturuncu Mine

Past 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005963
MRDS ID BL10181
Record type Site
Current site name Uturuncu Mine
Alternate or previous names Cerro Uturuncu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.18086, -22.24476 (WGS84)
Elevation 5700
Relative position 16 KM E OF BARRANCAS

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 NE FLANK CERRO UTURUNCU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orpiment Ore
Realgar Ore
Sulfur Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH ARSENIC CONTENT

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.18086, -22.24476
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stratovolcano

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porous Tuff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Saibol (Sr. Loayza)

Comments on development

  • ATTEMPT TO MINE DEPOSIT BY A CHILEAN CONCERN IN 1954 FAILED ; ECON.COM: MINE HAS TWO AUTOCLAVES FOR RECOVERING SULFUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 333.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED AND OPEN SPACE-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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