San Ignacio Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006451
MRDS ID BL20490
Record type Site
Current site name San Ignacio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.18032, -17.13573 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 6 KM S70E OF ICHOCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.18032, -17.13573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Outer Zone Of Mineralization Around Tres Cruces Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 75 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N 50 W DIP AT A MODERATE ANGLE TO NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Jacobs

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 3291000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony Sb 6.28 wt-pct Antimony Major 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 1359000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony Sb 5.02 wt-pct Antimony Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE; (3) POSSIBLE; (4) DUMPS

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 100 M WORKINGS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ESTUDIO DE FACTIBILIDAD (1986)-I-553 ARCHIVO MINTEC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-4) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 1200 M LONG AVERAGES 1 M WIDE

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.