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Guadalupe Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005979
MRDS ID BL10201
Record type Site
Current site name Guadalupe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.70727, -19.68649 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 4 KM S35W OF SALINAS DE GARCI MENDOZA

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
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dikes Are Have Pervasive Silicic Overprint On Argillic Alteration. Regional Propylitic Alteration With Local Argillic Zones.

Analytical data

Result URIBE (1989) REPORTS UP TO 16.6 G/T AU AND 660 G/T AG
Result USGS (1990): UP TO 1000 G/MT AG, 0.9 G/MT AU, 20% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.70727, -19.68649
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dacite Dikes Intruding Andesite

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 TO 85 E
    Dip VERTICAL TO 80 NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Salinas De Garci Mendoza

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Comments on the production information

  • WAS PRODUCING 3 MT/MO 20 TO 30% CU CONS IN 1968

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 2500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 280 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Gold Au 0.4 g/mt Gold Trace 1990
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 400 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Gold Au 0.4 g/mt Gold Trace 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES ORE ZONE 1000 BY 10 BY 100 M IN SIZE AND DENSITY OF 2.5 MY/CU M

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30M
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • MINED FOR AG BY SPANIARDS. NOW A CU MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANJINES V., ORLANDO, 1968, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION DE TAGUA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 102P., MAP 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    MEDINA C., A., JIMENEZ CH., N., AND IBA%EZ V., V., 1988, CARACTERISTICAS GEOLOGICAS Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DEL YACIMIENTO DE METALES PRECIOSOS MARIA LUISA, ORURO-BOLIVIA: PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, INFORME NU-17, 32P.

  • Deposit

    COMIBOL, INFORME SOBRE GRUPO MINERO MARIA LUISA, 4P.

  • Deposit

    URIBE S., H., 1989, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GUADALUPE AND LA DESEADA MINES TO EMPRESA MINERA INTI ILLIMANI S.A.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL SEPT 1990

  • Deposit

    THESIS BY SANJINES (1968)

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (MEDINA ET AL, 1988)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SANJINES (1968)

  • Reserve-Resource

    URIBE (1989)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE MINERALIZED DIKES 100 TO 1000 M LONG AND UP TO 15 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Ratte, Jim And Gamble, Bruce (Usgs) And Soria, Eduardo (Geobol) U.S. Geological Survey

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