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Virgen De Fatima Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086986
MRDS ID BL20041
Record type Site
Current site name Virgen De Fatima Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.4661, -21.38088 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Relative position 13 KM SE OF NAZARENO

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicificacion

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.4661, -21.38088
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On East Limb Of N-S Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 77 NE
    Length 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N25w Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Year of last production 1974

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Casado Hermanos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 9177000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.11 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 0.19 wt-pct Zinc Major 1982
    Copper Cu 2.4 wt-pct Copper Minor 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 34297000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.04 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 0.1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1982
    Copper Cu 2.23 wt-pct Copper Minor 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) RESERVE; (2) TOTAL RESOURCE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FONEM PROYECTO N 244/82

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN FRACTURE FILLING VEINS, 80 AND 150 M LONG RESPECTIVELY, AVERAGE 0.2 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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