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Santa Rosa and Concepcion Mines

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Limestone, General, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005992
MRDS ID BL10216
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa and Concepcion Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.82144, -17.39545 (WGS84)
Elevation 3770
Relative position 7.5 KM S30E OF CHIJMUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • THE TWO MINES ARE ADJACENT, ABOUT 250 M APART

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Limestone, General Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mimetite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADES ABOUT 3% PB, 18 G/T AG, 0.01 G/T AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.82144, -17.39545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Laurani District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alfonso Bedoya (Santa Rosa Mine), N. Gainsborg (Maria Concepcion Mine)

Comments on development

  • AREA ALSO COVERED BY A CONCESSION TO COOPERATIVA MARMOLERA SANTIAGO DE LAURANI LTDS. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY CIA MINERA INTI ILLIMANI IN 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CIA. MINERA INTI ILLIMANI, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT, P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A MINERALIZED CALCITE SINTER DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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