Carmencita Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Lead, Silver, Bismuth, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10097732
MRDS ID BL20411
Record type Site
Current site name Carmencita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.01612, -18.69762 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 2 KM N70W OF COLQUECHACA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Seritization, Argillitization, Propylitization-Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.01612, -18.69762

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Se Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • DACIT STOCK INTRUDED ALONG AXIS OF ANTICLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colquechaca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 135M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS 75 M, CROSS-CUTS 60 M.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTING AND CRUDE GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVILA, A., 1988, MINTEC REPORT NO. I-C41.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 0.05 TO 0.3 M WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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