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Senor De Mayo Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Copper, Gold, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097744
MRDS ID BL20495
Record type Site
Current site name Senor De Mayo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.78283, -16.68102 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 6.5 KM N50E COHONI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism (Chlorite)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Illimani Batholith
    Rock description Illimani Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.78283, -16.68102
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 58 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Cabrera, R. Cabrera, And L.Cabrera

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 182775000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.65 wt-pct Tin Major 1983
    Gold Au 3.1 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROSPECTIVE RESERVE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 60 M LONG

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEJERINA, M., 1983, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 426/83: CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO DE EXPLORACION MINERA

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS 200 M LONG, 0.25-1.0 M WIDE WITH CONSPICUOUS SURFACE OUTCROP.

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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