| Deposit ID | 10006379 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | BL20396 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pucro Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.46613, -18.4643 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3740 |
| Relative position | 2 KM N45W OF AMAYAPAMPA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Potosi(province)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | Potosi |
| Bolivia | Potosi |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| |||
| (1) | -66.46613, -18.4643 |
|---|
| Strike | N 35-40 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 W - 68 E |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empresa Minera Yana Malcu |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 205000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL20396 |
COMIBOL, 1982, INTERNAL REPORT: I-P-12- ARCHIVO MINTEC
GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
CIMRI
| 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 |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.