San Silvestre Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006090
MRDS ID BL20001
Record type Site
Current site name San Silvestre Mine
Alternate or previous names Maria Elena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.65841, -16.78019 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 8 KM S70E OF JESUS DE MACHACA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADES: 7.10 TO 11.40% CU, AVERAGES 2.15% CU, 60 G/MT AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Huayllamarca
    Rock description Huayllamarca
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.65841, -16.78019

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On E Flank Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 27SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chalcocite Replaces Organic Matter

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Guillermo Alvarez Plata

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Guillermo Alvarez Plata

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 17wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 30wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • GUERRA AND ASCARRUNZ (1964); ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO (1968)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24M
    Overall depth 16M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WAS PRODUCING 6 TO 8 MT/MO 15 TO 30% CU CONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUERRA, M., AND ASCARRUNZ K., R., 1964, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA SAN SILVESTRE: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-340, 7P., MAP 1:1,000.

  • Deposit

    ZAPATA, H., AND DELGADILLO, H., 1968, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE SEGUNDA PARTE, TIAHUANACU-JESUS DE MACHACA-CORQUE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-25, 26P.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (GUERRA AND ASCARRUNZ, 1964

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO (1968)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 10 MANTOS 120 TO 150 M LONG, 0.3 TO 1.0 M WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Andre, Orlando; Hinojosa, Alberto Servicio Geologic de Bolivia

Beyond USGS

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