San Lucas Mine

Producer in Chuquisaca, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Cadmium
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080455
MRDS ID W031649
Record type Site
Current site name San Lucas Mine
Alternate or previous names Esperanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.13276, -20.24758 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 60 KM NNE OF CAMARGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chuquisaca(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Chuquisaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcopyrite 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 > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.13276, -20.24758

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into Camarso Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 75 TO 80
    Length 130M
    Width 0.8M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure System Trending Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Torotoro

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Comsur

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 200M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CABERO C., JORGE, 1972, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO MINERO DEL DISTRITO DE SAN LUCAS: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Urquidi-Barrau, Fernando Department of State

Beyond USGS

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