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San Andres Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097685
MRDS ID BL10231
Record type Site
Current site name San Andres Mine
Alternate or previous names Veins: Maruja, Aviadora, Central Wolfram

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.45699, -17.78432 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 1 KM N40W OF CHUQUI%A

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • ON N FLANK CERRO LLALLAGUA. LAT LONG IS FOR SAN ANDRES ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SHOOT OF AURIFEROUS PYRITE ASSAYED 40 G/MT AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.45699, -17.78432
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Joya District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia. Minera Inti Raymi

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, FEDERICO, 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BILBAO, IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL, P. 153-155

  • Deposit

    VISITED 1990 BY USGS/GEOBO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    AHLFELD (1954) P. 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARUJA VEIN IS 235 M LONG, 400 M DEEP, 23 CM WIDE; AVIADORA VEIN IS 500 M LONG, OXIDIZED TO 100 M DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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