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Tuntoco Mine

Past Producer in Chuquisaca, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006573
MRDS ID BL30129
Record type Site
Current site name Tuntoco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.93275, -20.18091 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Relative position 13 KM N75E OF OCURI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chuquisaca(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Chuquisaca
Bolivia Chuquisaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.93275, -20.18091
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE
    Dip 68 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Tuntoco

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 352669000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 10.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976
    Lead Pb 0.55 wt-pct Lead Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)POSITIVE; (2)PROBABLE; (3)POSSIBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 1000 M WORKINGS ACCESSED VIA SHAFTS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Comments on development

  • ECONOMIC COMMENTS: GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL, 1976, ESTUDIO DE PREFACTIBILIDAD MINA TUNTOCO.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN AND SEVERAL MINOR BRANCHING VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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