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Juanita Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Sulfur
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086955
MRDS ID BL10280
Record type Site
Current site name Juanita Mine
Alternate or previous names Cerro Amarillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.79254, -22.59865 (WGS84)
Elevation 5400
Relative position 3 KM N30E OF RIO BLANCO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Clay Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Kaolinization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 167
USGS model code 25m
Deposit model name Fumarolic sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.79254, -22.59865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stratovolcano

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Blanco

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera Clavijo (Emicla)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 11892000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 45 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 MAY ALSO INCLUDE RESERVES AT NEARBY ROSITA (BL10281) AND CARMEN (BL10276) MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RODRIGUEZ, R., AND OTHERS, 1976, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE LA CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL DE LOS ANDES: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 41P.

  • Deposit

    ESPINOZA, A., 1990, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ESPINOZA (1990)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR DISSEMINATED IN ALTERD TUFF AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA, FILLING CAVITIES, VESICLES AND INTERCLAST OPENINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. 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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