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Candelaria Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Cadmium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107582
MRDS ID BL10085
Record type Site
Current site name Candelaria Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Isabel, Candelaria De Santa Isabel. Adit: Linares. Veins: Mina De Plata, Veta Dos, Escalero, Consuelito, Vera Cruz.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.50139, -21.62533 (WGS84)
Elevation 4867
Relative position 14 KM N60E OF SAN PABLO DE LIPEZ, 207 KM BY ROAD FROM UYUNI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO SANTA ISABEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Petzite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Semseyite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serecite Chlorite Pyrite In Rhyolite. Kaolinization, Silicification, Carbonitization. Argillic,Propylitic And Sericitic Zones Recognized.

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY CARO (1964): 0 TO 33% SN, 0 TO 11.1% PB, 0 TO 61.7% ZN, 0 TO 2720 G/T AG. MINED ORE GRADES 2 TO 15% PB, 0.5 TO 31% ZN, AND 60 TO 270 G/MT AG (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.50139, -21.62533
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite Stock Elongated N-S

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W TO 80E AND N50 TO 70W
    Dip 70 SW TO 80SE
    Thickness 500M
    Length 800M
    Width 800M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name Santa Isabel

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. Huarachi

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Period 1961-1964
    Material CONS
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.58% Sn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Tin Tin 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 105000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 494 g/mt Silver Major 1987
    Tin Sn 0.3 wt-pct Tin Minor 1987
    Lead Pb 6.7 wt-pct Lead Trace 1987
    Zinc Zn 4.6 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Name BLOCK A
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 3425440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 135.1 g/mt Silver Major 1964
    Tin Sn 7.47 wt-pct Tin Minor 1964
  • Type In-situ
    Name BLOCK B
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 18205700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 336.4 g/mt Silver Major 1964
    Tin Sn 33.6 wt-pct Tin Minor 1964
    Lead Pb 5 wt-pct Lead Trace 1964
  • Type In-situ
    Name BLOCK C
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 4650000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 400 g/mt Silver Major 1964
    Tin Sn 0.45 wt-pct Tin Minor 1964
    Lead Pb 2.7 wt-pct Lead Trace 1964
    Zinc Zn 7.2 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1964
  • Type In-situ
    Name BLOCK D
    Estimate year 1964
    Total resources 76957500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 374.7 g/mt Silver Major 1964
    Lead Pb 3.2 wt-pct Lead Trace 1964
    Zinc Zn 31.93 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1964

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS OXIDE ORE IN VETA DOS; ITEM 2 SULFIDE ORE IN VETA DOS; ITEM 3 CONSUELITO VEIN. TOTAL POTENTIAL IS GIVEN AS 141,000 MT MEASURED ORE AND 550,000 MT OF INFERRED ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1200M
    Overall depth 300M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 4 ADITS

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY NUEVA CIA. DE LIPEZ TO 1908. ACQUIRED BY W. HUARACHI 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARO, E., 1964, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA ARGENTO-ESTANIFERA CANDELARIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-358, 19P., MAP 1:2,000.

  • Deposit

    SUGAKI ET AL, 1986, GEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SUR LIPEZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SRS. 3, V. 16, N. 3, P.327-352.

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, FEDERICO, 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BILBAO, IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL, P. 162

  • Deposit

    SEGUROLA, J.C., YA%EZ, G., CALVETTY, E., AND CHUMACERO, J., 1987, INFORME ETAPAS "B-C" ESTUDIO DE PREFACTIBILIDAD, PROYECTO CANDELARIA: FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA INFORME 165/81, 41P.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL, CARO (1964)

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL OCT. 11, 1990

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JICA/MMAJ (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    CARO (1964)

  • Reserve-Resource

    SEGUROLA ET AL (1987)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS AND VEINS IN BRECCIATED ZONE. VEINS ARE 20 TO 180 CM WIDE. OXIDE/SULFIDE TRANSITION ZONE IS AT ABOUT 4700 M ALTITUDE. JUST S OF CERRO SANTA ISABEL IS A ZONE OF INTENSE ARGILLIC ALTERATION WITH 0.2 M WIDE VEINS STRIKING N80W DIPPING 70S ASSOCIATED WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND CHALCOCITE. THIS COULD BE A PORPHYRY COPPER SYSTEM RELATED TO EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION AT CERRO CANDELARIA. FRACTURES ARE FILLED BY PYRITE-SPHALERITE-GALENA IN SULFIDE ZONE, CASSITERITE AND AG MINERALS IN OXIDE ZONE. BRECCIA ZONES ARE CEMENTED BY CLAY AND LIMONITE. BRECCIA WAS REBRECCIATED PRIOR TO OXIDATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Richter, Don (Usgs) U.S. Geological Survey

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