La Salvadora Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006432
MRDS ID BL20466
Record type Site
Current site name La Salvadora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.78722, -19.7101 (WGS84)
Elevation 4120
Relative position 15 KM S15W 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Agua Dulce
    Rock description Agua Dulce

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.78722, -19.7101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N-S
    Dip 70 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Peripheral To Chachacomiri And Constancia Intrusives

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Year of last production 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marcelina Viuda De Pimentel

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROSPECTIVE RESERVE

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, ONE ADIT 16.5 M LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA, GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN (LA SALVADORA) IS 145 M LONG AND 0.1-0.7 M WIDE. AT SURFACE VEIN IS STERILE, WITHIN THE ADIT, IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS OF SULFIDES ARE FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.