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Vilacota Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006478
MRDS ID BL20523
Record type Site
Current site name Vilacota Mine
Alternate or previous names Wila Kkota

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.65225, -18.47541 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 9 KM S80W OF UNCIA

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
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.65225, -18.47541
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Along Axis Of Vilacota Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Juan Versalovic

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 11000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1967
  • Type Tailings
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) ORE IN PLACE; (2) TAILINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND INCLINE SHAFTS, SHORT CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING CO. 1967, EXPLORATION REPORT NO. 313/67: MINTEC ARCHIVE I-VM-11

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE MAIN VEIN 200 M LONG AND 0.15-0.8 M WIDE.

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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