San Bartolome

Producer in Ecuador with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231285
MAS/MILS ID 3310000010
Record type Site
Current site name San Bartolome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -78.86649, -2.93156 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ecuador

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tennantite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -78.86649, -2.93156

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N90E:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ag Armeno Mines And Minerals Inc.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 92554mt ore
    Total resources 92554mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2.75 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1994
    Lead Pb 1.2 wt-pct Lead Trace 1994
    Silver Ag 710.6 g/mt Silver Trace 1994
    Gold Au 1.21 g/mt Gold Trace 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    "ECUADOR MORE RECEPTIVE TO OUTSIDE MINERS", METALS BULLETIN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MONTHLY, MAR 1994, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    MOSQUERA, C., 1970, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS

  • Deposit

    SER. NAC. DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, QUITO, ECUADOR, 63 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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