La Salvadora Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006461
MRDS ID BL20502
Record type Site
Current site name La Salvadora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.71614, -17.71433 (WGS84)
Elevation 3680
Relative position 9 KM N30W OF VENTILLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.71614, -17.71433

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 21-50 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zec Family

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS AT 3710 M ELEVATION, TWO SHORT ADITS AT 3680 M ELEVATION, AND ONE SHORT ADIT AT 3650 M ELEVATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPUZANO R., C., 1955, BANCO MINERO INFORME 247 ( I-UM-8 ARCHIVO MINTEC)

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit ONE VEIN 800 M LONG AND 0.1-0.8 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.