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Santa Elena Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Tungsten, Antimony
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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. Mining district
  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 10097746
MRDS ID BL20504
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Elena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.29949, -16.99767 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 4 KM N30W OF HUANACOTA

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

Comments on the location information

  • 110 HA CONCESSION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.29949, -16.99767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 38-60 E
    Dip 38-68 NW; 76-80 SE
  • Strike N 38-60 E
    Dip 38-68 NW; 76-80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quime

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elias Seleme

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 132000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.05 wt-pct Tin Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE; (2) POSSIBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, PROSPECT PITS, ADITS (NOW CAVED)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • BL20504 AND BL20471 AND NOT DUPLICATES, KEITH LONG, MARCH 94.

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME GE-1-79 GEOBOL (1979) - GE-G1/112 ARCHIVO GEOBOL

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS 0.05-0.10 M WIDE AND 50-300 M LONG

Reporter information

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

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