San Carlos Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107590
MRDS ID BL20004
Record type Site
Current site name San Carlos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.65563, -16.63047 (WGS84)
Elevation 3980
Relative position 9 KM S15E OF TIAHUANACU, 81 KM FROM LA PAZ BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • ON POTOSI AND CARACOLLO HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES BY GEOBOL: 1 TO 3% PB, 10 TO 120 G/MT AG

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tiahuanacu
    Rock description Tiahuanacu
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.65563, -16.63047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 75SE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quimsa Chata

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 108M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, STOPES, SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORDERO, G., 1966, METALOGENESIS DEL STOCK QUIMSA CHATA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-23, 20P.

  • Deposit

    ESCOBAR M., R., AND JUAREZ DEL C., L., 1969, INFORME DE ASISTENCIA TECNICA MINA DE PLOMO SAN CARLOS: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-671, 12P., MAP 1:1,000.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (CORDERO, 1966; ESCOBAR AND JUAREZ, 1969

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 2 TO 10 CM WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1914 Andre, Orlando Servicio Geologic de Bolivia

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.