Pucro Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10006379
MRDS ID BL20396
Record type Site
Current site name Pucro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.46613, -18.4643 (WGS84)
Elevation 3740
Relative position 2 KM N45W OF AMAYAPAMPA

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
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.46613, -18.4643

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35-40 W
    Dip 70 W - 68 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Yana Malcu

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 205000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.78 wt-pct Tin Major 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, RAISES BETWEEN 10 MAJOR LEVELS. CUT AND FILL AND SHRINKAGE STOPING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 200 MT/DAY FLOATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMIBOL, 1982, INTERNAL REPORT: I-P-12- ARCHIVO MINTEC

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS: (1) GRANDE STRIKES N35W DIPS 70W, IS 0.01 TO 1 M WIDE, 300 M LONG, AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF 150 M; (2) DELGADA VEIN STRIKES N40W DIPS 68E, IS 0.05 TO 1 M WIDE, 250 M LONG, AND HAS BEEN WORKED TO 70 M DEPTH. TWO STOCKWORK ZONES IN UPPER PART OF DEPOSIT: (1) TABLITAS ZONE IS A STOCKWORK OF 1 TO 5 CM WIDE CASSITERITE-PYRITE VEINS; (2) SAN ANTONIO ZONE CONSISTS OF 0.5 CM WIDE STOCKWORK VEINS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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