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El Porvenir Mine

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc
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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. 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 10006554
MRDS ID BL30102
Record type Site
Current site name El Porvenir Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.91615, -18.41431 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 17 KM S30W OF HUANUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization, Pyratization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.91615, -18.41431
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Genaro Frontanilla

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1)POSITIVE, 2)PROBABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 585 M OF CROSS-CUTS AND 430 M OF DRILLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE UPPER LEVELS THE WALLROCKS OF THE VEINS ARE SILICIFIED AND IN THE LOWER LEVEL PYRATIZATION IS PREDOMINANT.

Reporter information

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

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