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La Salvadora Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006462
MRDS ID BL20503
Record type Site
Current site name La Salvadora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.91615, -17.49766 (WGS84)
Elevation 4400
Relative position 11 KM S50E OF CALUYO

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
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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.91615, -17.49766
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Salvadora Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Churquini Enterprises, Inc.; Cia Minera Del Sur/Rtz Jv

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 500M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS; CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLOATATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT I-S2

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS (SAN JULIANO, PROGRESO) STRIKE N30E AND AVERAGE 0.5 M WIDE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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