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Jatun Orcko Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Arsenic
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006143
MRDS ID BL20082
Record type Site
Current site name Jatun Orcko Mine
Alternate or previous names Santo Domingo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.54943, -20.6309 (WGS84)
Elevation 2700
Relative position 20 KM NE OF COTAGAITA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result VEIN CONTAINS 1.20% NI, 0.20% CU, AND TRACE CO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.54943, -20.6309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S TO N20E
    Dip 12 TO 62 SE
    Thickness 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Felipe Rojas

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ING. RAUL TARQUINO (1969) - 1S7.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS BROKEN UP BY FAULTING STRIKE N-S, N20E, N15E AND DIP 62E, 58SE, AND 12 SE RESPECTIVELY. THE N15E VEIN IS THE LARGEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Edwin Guerra Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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