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Toraquiri Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006045
MRDS ID BL10335
Record type Site
Current site name Toraquiri Mine
Alternate or previous names Turaquiri, Toracari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.42257, -18.15765 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 3.5 KM W OF ESTANCIA TURINI

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
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.42257, -18.15765
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 70 W TO E-W
    Dip 70 NE TO VERTICAL
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Rojas ; Corporacion Minera Del Sur (Comsur,
    First year 1968
    Last year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN COLONIAL TIMES. SUBSTANTIAL DUMPS REMAIN FROM THIS PERIOD OF MINING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 218 g/mt Silver Major 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE COLONIAL TIMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BILBAO, IMPRENTA INDUSTRIA, 277P.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING CO., 1968, EXPLORATION REPORT NO. 207/68: MINTEC ARCHIVE I-VM-II

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR VEINS 300 TO 500 M LONG AND 0.6 M WIDE. ORE SHOOTS AT VEIN INTERSECTIONS ARE UP TO 1.2 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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