Poopo District

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Tin, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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 60000172
MRDS ID BL20343
Record type District
Current site name Poopo District
Alternate or previous names San Agustin, Santo Toribio, Purisima, Pampa, Rosario, Santa Cruz, Trinacria, San Francisco, Bellavista, Alantana, Candelaria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.94948, -18.36434 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.94948, -18.36434

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N25W ANTICLINE WHOSE AXIS RUNS ALONG THE CREST OF SERRANIA POOPO ; REG.TRENDS: M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Mining district

District name POOPO DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA (COMIBOL)
  • Type Operator
    Owner EMPRESA MINERA TIWANAKU AND COOPERATIVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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