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Potosi Mine

Past Producer in San Miguel, El Salvador with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106486
MRDS ID W701817
Record type Site
Current site name Potosi Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.34003, 13.7009 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES NW OF SAN MIGUEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(province)

El Salvador(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
El Salvador San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.34003, 13.7009
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Butters Potosi Co.
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner El Salvador Silver Mines
    First year 1919
    Last year 1923
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Central America Mines Co.
    First year 1923
    Last year 1937
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera De Oriente
    First year 1938
    Last year 1945

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 40 TO 45 TONS PER DAY OF GOLD ORE IN 1941.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 60 T/DAY ; ECON.COM: MILL AS OF 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTO CENTROAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (ICAITI), 1970, MAPA METRALOGENETIO DE AMERICA CENTRAL; 1:2000000 & ESTUDIOS METALOGENETICOS DE AMERICA CENTRAL: PUBLICIONES GEOLOGICAS DEL ICAITI NUMERO III, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., AND IRVING, E.M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, P. 193.

  • Deposit

    SWANQUIST, G.A., 1941, EL SALVADOR: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1941, P. 155.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SWANQUIST (1941).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS, SAID TO BE HIGH GRADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Bliss, James D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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