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Esperanza Mine

Past Producer in Chuquisaca, Bolivia with commodities Antimony, Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006317
MRDS ID BL20313
Record type Site
Current site name Esperanza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.41611, -19.38093 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Relative position 5 KM S50E OF SIPORO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chuquisaca(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Chuquisaca
Bolivia Chuquisaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.41611, -19.38093
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5-25 W
    Dip 50 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emilio Pari

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSITIVE, PROBABLE, POSSIBLE, AND PROSPECTIVE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 327M

Comments on the workings information

  • 91 M OF TUNNELS, 206 M OF CROSSCUTS, 10 M SHAFT, 20 M INCLINE SHAFT. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRIMITIVE GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEDIA, J., AND CAMACHO, E., 1976, PROGRAMA DE INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME PRELIMINAR

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit VEINS UP TO 500 M LONG AND 0.45 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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