San Vicente Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Tin, Silver, Lead, Cadmium, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089903
MRDS ID W044242
Record type Site
Current site name San Vicente Mine
Alternate or previous names Quechisla Mineral Company Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.34945, -21.23089 (WGS84)
Elevation 4560

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Subvolcanic Dacitic Stock
    Rock description Subvolcanic Dacitic Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name San Vicente Conglomerates
    Rock description San Vicente Conglomerates

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.34945, -21.23089

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Vicente Lineament

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip S
    Length 150M
    Width 2.2M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Comibol

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HYDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: BOLIVIA DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL.

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.