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Andacaba Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Tin
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097761
MRDS ID BL30155
Record type Site
Current site name Andacaba Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.66611, -19.76426 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 22 KM S25E OF POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SW PART OF THE KARI KARI CALDERA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kari Kari Caldera Complex
    Rock description Kari Kari Caldera Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.66611, -19.76426
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30 TO 40 W
    Dip 60 TO 70 NE
    Length 4000M
    Width 0.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORNFELS, ORDOVICIAN QUARTZITES AND SLATES OUTCROP AROUND THE KUMARANA GRANDIORITE PLUTON AND ARE OVERLAIN BY MIOCENE QUARTZ LATITE IGNIMBRITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldschmitt (Family)

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)POSITIVE, (2)PROBABLE, (3)POSSIBLE

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS-CUTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECONOMIC COMMENTS: FLOTATION CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    1,2,3: GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB PARALLEL VEINS THAT CONVERGE INTO A CENTRAL VEIN. THE ROCKS HAVE MINERALIZED FRACTURES WHICH HAVE BANDED AND BRECCIATED TEXTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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