Villazon Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Iron, Lead, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078087
MRDS ID W026242
Record type Site
Current site name Villazon Mine
Alternate or previous names Minas Polo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.59943, -22.09754 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • E FLANK CORDILLERA DE OLIVARES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Siderite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.59943, -22.09754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1969

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUAREZ C., L., 1973 , YACIMIENTOS DE HIERRO EN EL OCCIDENTE DE BOLIVIA, IN ANALES DE LA 3D CONVENCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, 1973 : SOC. GEOL. BOLIVIANA BOL. 20 , P. 165-176

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRICT IS 7 KM X 2-3 KM
Deposit LOCATED 84 KM SW OF JACHAL - THIS COULD CORRESPOND TO THE "REGION LEONCITO". AROUND 9 MILLION M.T. OF POSSIBLE ORE. OF THIS TOTAL 2.6 MILLION MT WITH A MEAN AVERAGE OF 47 % FE (1.222 MILLION T FE) COULD BE TREATED WITHOUT PREVIOUS CONCENTRATION. COORDINATES ARE FOR JACHAL.
Deposit VEINS ALONG SYNCLINAL AXES AND FLANKS.
Deposit AREA UNDER STUDY BY SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA TO DETERMINE RESERVES, QUALITY OF ORE, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ZONES OF INTEREST, MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND GENESIS IN AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM OF EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Cooper, Margaret (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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