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Progreso Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006559
MRDS ID BL30110
Record type Site
Current site name Progreso Mine
Alternate or previous names Distrito Minero De Maragua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.68277, -18.74762 (WGS84)
Elevation 4020
Relative position 15 KM N50E OF OCURI

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
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.68277, -18.74762
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S; E-W
    Dip VERTICAL
  • Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROGRESO TIN DEPOSIT IS RELATED TO THE DACITIC STOCK OF CERRO CONDOR NASA WHICH INTRUDES SILURIAN SCHISTS AND CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lucia Torrez De Revollo

Production statistics

  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 47wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 55wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 54wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1)POSITIVE, 2)PROBABLE, 3)PROVEN

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS OF SMALL MAGNITUDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    (1-3) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992).

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-3) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO MAIN VEINS. BOTH OF THESE HAVE BEEN MINED IN A SMALL SCALE. VEINS ARE 500 TO 1000M LONG AND 0.10 TO 0.30M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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