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San Pedro Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006550
MRDS ID BL30096
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.23278, -20.64757 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 30 KM N OF ATOCHA; 27 KM N25W OF QUECHISLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST OF CERRO TASNA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.23278, -20.64757
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS IN SLATES, QUARTZITES AND SANDSTONE WHICH STRIKE NW, AND LITHOLOGICAL SEQUENCE THAT FORM ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES TRENDING N50W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Tobias Heredia

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1)PROBABLE 2)PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND GALLERIES UP TO 600 M LONG, CUT AND FILL OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • MILL CAPACITY: GRAVITY CONCENTRATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992).

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF MINERALIZATION, CASSITERITE AND ARSENOPYRITE VEINS TRENDING N35E AND DIPPING 70SE; AND STIBNITE VEINS TRENDING N40W AND DIPPING 60SE. VEINS ARE 1 TO 2 M LONG AND 0.10 TO 0.30 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1996 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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