San Luis Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006321
MRDS ID BL20317
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Mine
Alternate or previous names La Gringa, Ondina, Santa Catalina, San Luis, And El Gallo Concessions

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.11665, -19.65066 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 10.5 KM S70E OF ESQUIRI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.11665, -19.65066

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S; N 85 W
    Dip 60-65 W; 75 NE
  • Strike N-S; N 85 W
    Dip 60-65 W; 75 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jorge Sanchez

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROSPECTIVE RESOURCE
  • PROSPECTO DE 16.500.000 (M3) - 30.525.000 (MET TONS); LEY MEDIA DE 0.0279 GR/M3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, INCLINE SHAFTS, AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FONEM, 1986, INFORME N 501/86

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE MAIN N-S VEINS IN SLATE, 2.3 KM LONG, 0.05 TO 0.40 M WIDE WHICH CONTAIN PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, LIMONITE, AND NATIVE GOLD. IN NEARBY QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVE THERE IS A N85W VEIN, 15 M LONG, 0.20 M WIDE, OF PYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, AND COPPER CARBONATE AND NO GOLD. QUARTZ DIORITE INTRUSIVE AND DIKES CUT THE N-S VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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