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San Pedro Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Antimony, Lead
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097731
MRDS ID BL20406
Record type Site
Current site name San Pedro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.89944, -21.21423 (WGS84)
Elevation 3450
Relative position 16 KM N35W OF OPLOCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Cieneguillas
    Rock description Cieneguillas
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.89944, -21.21423
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N-S
    Dip 30-60 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N-S, DIP W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milo And Milena Ivanovic

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 8503000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony Sb 3 wt-pct Antimony Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 500M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 M OF DRIFTS, 100 M CROSSCUTS, SHAFTS, ON FOUR LEVELS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LACKNER, F., BARRIOS, J., AND OTHERS, 1974, PROGRAMA INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS UP TO 1.7 M WIDE. MAIN VEIN AND WORKINGS ARE IN THE TESORERA SECTOR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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