Negro Pabellon Mine

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006422
MRDS ID BL20453
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Pabellon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.84254, -18.06098 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position JUST NW OF TOWN OF JAPO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.84254, -18.06098

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On W Flank Of Faulted Japo Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Strike N 30-60 E
    Dip 75-80 SE
    Length 900M
    Width 130M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Japo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Donato Cordova

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 55wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 87074000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.26 wt-pct Tin Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 73528000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.27 wt-pct Tin Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE; (2) POSSIBLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 250M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT. UNDERGROUN WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS WITH TUNNELS MORE THAN 100 M LONG.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRATION (TABLE) MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LARA, F., JEMIO, J., AND AVENDANO, A., 1983, SMALL MINE MECHANIZATION PROJECT, MINA NEGRO PABELLON: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    LARA AND OTHERS (1983)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE MAJOR VEINS 0.3-1.0 M WIDE. MANTO DEPOSITS THAT DIP 20-30 DEGREES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Leyton Rodriguez, Martha 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.