Santa Maria Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006418
MRDS ID BL20449
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.84948, -18.01432 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250
Relative position 5 KM N10W OF JAPO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE SIDE OF JAPO DISTICT BETWEEN SAN PABLO AND LA RODEADORA MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Llallagua Formation
    Rock description Llallagua Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.84948, -18.01432

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On E Flank Of N20w Trending Japo Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E TO NW-SE
    Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Japo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arturo Fricke Young ; Harasic Hermanos
    First year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 4704000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1977
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 2028000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.62 wt-pct Tin Major 1977
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 6418000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.36 wt-pct Tin Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) DUMPS; (3) TAILINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 535M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 M OF DRIFTS, 190 M OF CROSSCUTS, 45 M INCLINE SHAFT, ADIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY/FLOATATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PACHECO, M., AND OTHERS, 1977, INFORME PREFACTIBILIDAD MINA SANTA MARIA CODIGO 206-0007-05: GEOBOL-BANCO MUNDIAL INFORME

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 172-174.

  • Deposit

    VEDIA, J., AND OTHERS, 1975, PROGRAMA DE INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEINS (PAMPA, ARTURO, CRUCERA, ANA MARIA, CRISTINA) ARE UP TO 0.6 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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