Cerro Sapo Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodities Gemstone, Barium-Barite, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006561
MRDS ID BL30112
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Sapo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.93281, -16.99767 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 16 KM N55W OF INDEPENDENCIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sodalite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.93281, -16.99767

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEPHELINE SYENITE INTRUDES ANTICLINE COMPOSED OF PAL SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NEPHELINITIC SYENITE STOCK OF CERRO SAPO IS CUT BY A DIKE OF UP TO 5 M WIDE CONTAINING MINERALS OF SODALITE, ANKERITE AND BARITE WITH SMALL INCLUSIONS OF GALENA, CALCOPYRITE, PYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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