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Comsur

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182706
MAS/MILS ID 3350350055
Record type Site
Current site name Comsur
Alternate or previous names Comsur Ocuri

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -65.78275, -18.83092 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -65.78275, -18.83092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 243M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 860829

Comments on the geologic information

  • DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGIN OF MINERALIZATION, IN SOME CASES, THE CASSITERITE DOES NOT OCCUR LIBERATED AND FOR THAT REASON THE GRAIN SIZE IS HETERO- GENEOUS; RANGING FROM 200 TO 4 MESH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1924
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Del Sur S. A. (Comsur)
    Interest 100
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • A $805.00 SMELTING COST AND A $0.15 MILLING COST PER TONNE ARE INCURRED IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT A. THERE ARE NO ACTUAL BY-PRODUCTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST PRODUCED.
  • MILL CAPACITY WAS 185000 MTPY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 5300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .49
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 330
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.G., GEOLOGY OF TIN DEPOSITS, ELSEVIER PUBLISHING

  • Deposit

    CO., 1979.

  • Deposit

    FOX, D.J., TIN MINING IN BOLIVIA, MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY

  • Deposit

    1972.

  • Deposit

    VERBAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES OF DATA PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT

  • Deposit

    AND OTHERS IN BOLIVIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1995 Sabin, A. E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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