San Bartolome Mine

Producer in Azuay, Ecuador with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10061501
MRDS ID TC34397
Record type Site
Current site name San Bartolome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.84951, -2.99882 (WGS84)
Relative position A FEW KM NE OF SAN BARTOLOME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azuay(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Azuay

Comments on the location information

  • 30 KM BY ROAD SE OF CUENCA. LAT/LONG FOR CENTER OF 800 HA CONCESSION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.84951, -2.99882

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Armenonic Del Ecuador Sa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Armeno Resources, Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 90000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 712 g/mt Silver Major 1987
    Lead Pb 0.74 wt-pct Lead Major 1987
    Zinc Zn 2.15 wt-pct Zinc Major 1987
    Gold Au 0.6 g/mt Gold Minor 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS PROVEN RESERVE DELINEATED BY UN. ITEM 2 IS POTENTIAL RESERVE ESTIMATED BY ARMENO RESOURCES.

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 4 ; MILL.CAP: 100 MT/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 1987, PP. 14 & 15.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1988, P. 302.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW (1988) P. 302.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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