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San Miguel Tailings Deposit

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006323
MRDS ID BL20319
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel Tailings Deposit
Alternate or previous names Unificada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.76614, -19.58093 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850
Relative position 1.5 KM DUE WEST OF CENTRAL POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • TAILINGS DUMP 800 M FROM VELARDE MILL WHICH TREATED ORE FROM THE EMPRESA MINERA UNIFICADA DEL CERRO DE POTOSI MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.76614, -19.58093
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro Rico De Potosi

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Unificada Del Cerro De Potosi (Comibol Subsidiary)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Miner De Bolivia (Comibol)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 630458000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.01 wt-pct Tin Major 1978
    Silver Ag 109 g/mt Silver Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 2895119000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.85 wt-pct Tin Major 1978
    Silver Ag 82 g/mt Silver Major 1978
    Copper Cu 0.29 wt-pct Copper Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) OXIDE TAILINGS; (2) SULFIDE TAILINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • TAILINGS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DRILLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CERES A., J., 1978, COMIBOL INFORME INTERNO: ARCHIVO MINTEC -1-S-28

  • Deposit

    COMIBOL, 1990, PROYECTO DE INVERSION MINERA: BOLETIN DE LA DIRECCION DE RELACIONES PUBLICAS E INFORMACIONES DE LA CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TAILING FROM THE VELARDE MILL

Reporter information

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

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