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Abaroa Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006626
MRDS ID BL30195
Record type Site
Current site name Abaroa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.18278, -21.41423 (WGS84)
Elevation 4070
Relative position 20 KM S5W OF PORTUGALETE.

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

  • 11 KM N50W OF CHILCOBIJA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 278
USGS model code 36c
Deposit model name Au-Sb vein
Mark3 model number 114

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) -66.18278, -21.41423
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N10W AND DIP 45-55 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Abaroa

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AT THREE LEVELS; CUT AND FILL OPERATION, CROSS CUTS AND DRIFTS. IN THE PAST, THE MINE WAS INTENSIVELY EXPLOITED VIA THE MAIN HAULAGE SHAFT WHICH HAS NOW COLLAPSED.

Comments on development

  • FLOTATION CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO MINERALIZED ZONES, AVAROA AND ALIANZA, WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF FRACTURES TRANSVERSE TO THE BEDDING.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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