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Vila Apacheta Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. 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 10006477
MRDS ID BL20522
Record type Site
Current site name Vila Apacheta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.36613, -18.48096 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 2 KM DUE E OF AMAYAPAMPA

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
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Torotoro
    Rock description Torotoro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.36613, -18.48096
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST SANDSTONE IS CEMENTED BY CALCAREOUS MATERIAL

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-Operator
    Owner Bolivian Tin Mines S.A.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MINED FROM OXIDE ZONE CONTAINED UP TO 15% SN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1928
    Total resources 273870000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 3.56 wt-pct Tin Major 1928

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON SEVERAL LEVELS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY/FLOATATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 181.

  • 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 ORE OCCURS IN A SHALLOWLY DIPPING MANTO UP TO 0.7 M THICK. STANNITE OXIDIZED TO CASSITERTITE IN SUPERGENE ZONE. ORE AND GANGUE MINERALS HAVE A COLLOIDAL TEXTURE AND FILL PORE SPACES BETWEEN SAND GRAINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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