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Santa Rosa De Kasiri Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006419
MRDS ID BL20450
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa De Kasiri Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.74944, -19.78092 (WGS84)
Elevation 4288
Relative position 21 KM S OF 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

  • 600 M WEST OF ROAD FROM POTOSI TO CAMARGO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kari Kari Batholith
    Rock description Kari Kari Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Cancaniri Formation
    Rock description Cancaniri Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.74944, -19.78092
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Folding

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35-65 W
    Dip 80 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bolivia Tin Corp. ; Corporacion Minera Del Sur (Comsur)
    First year 1958

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 16000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.36 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Silver Ag 62.6 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 0.27 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 16000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.37 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Silver Ag 64 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 0.27 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 78000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.25 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Silver Ag 60 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 0.28 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE; (2) POSSIBLE; (3) PROSPECTIVE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1010M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN LEVEL CONSISTS OF A 320 M CROSSCUT AND A 150 M DRIFT ON VEIN I. A SECOND LEVEL, 63 M BELOW MAIN LEVEL, CONSISTS OF A 340 M CROSSCUT AND A 200 M DRIFT ON VEIN II. AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1964) REPORT AN 80 M DEEP SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • SPANISH COLONISTS WORKED THE OXIDE ZONE WHICH EXTENDS TO 50 M DEPTH. REOPENED 1958.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LA FUENTE, J., 1982, FONEM INTERNAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 293.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SUBPARALLEL VEINS 160 M APART, UP TO 0.9 M WIDE. VEINS OXIDIZED TO 50 M DEPTH. AT 80 M LEVEL AG GRADES REACHED 8 KG/MT.

Reporter information

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

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