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Ubina District

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000171
MRDS ID BL20308
Record type District
Current site name Ubina District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.35916, -20.47678 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT LONG FOR SOUTHERN, UBINA-IRMA ZONE OF DISTRICT. TRES HUGOS, SANTA BARBARA, NORMANDIA, AND JAYAJ MAYU MINES 1 TO 3 KM FURTHER NNE.

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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC
  • (Local) TOURMALINIZATION
  • (Local) DECALCIFICATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.35916, -20.47678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S ANTICLINES IN CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W STRUCTURES IN PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS UNDERLYING CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS MAY HAVE CONTROLLED EMPLACEMENT OF DIORITE STOCK. STOCKWORK-DISSEMINATED MANTO BEDS PREFERENTIALLY FORMED IN CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE HORIZONS, WITH LESSER MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE, AND SCARCE VEINLETS IN SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name UBINA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA (COMIBOL)
  • Type Owner
    Owner GERMAN PEREZ
  • Type Owner
    Owner CORNELIO BARRIOS
  • Type Operator
    Owner HOCHSCHILD
    First year 1949
    Last year 1952
  • Type Operator
    Owner COOPERATIVA DE PULACAYOS
  • Type Operator
    Owner GERMAN PEREZ
  • Type Operator
    Owner CORNELIO BARRIOS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PINTO V., J., 1988, MODEL CONCEPTUAL Y EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL MINERAL DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE LA REGION DE UBINA, POTOSI, BOLIVIA: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROJECT BOL/87/12, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    AHIFELD F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 207.

  • Deposit

    CORDOVA, H., 1953, INFORME SOBRE LA MINA UBINA: CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA, INTERNAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    DE LA RIVA, C., 1973, INFORME DEL ESTUDIO DE PROSPECCION DE LA CONCESION PLUMBO-ARGENTIFERA UBINA: CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA, INTERNAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

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