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Cuidado Mine

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005855
MRDS ID BL10018
Record type Site
Current site name Cuidado Mine
Alternate or previous names Cerro Eskapa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.70782, -21.25589 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST FLANK OF CERRO ESKAPA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicification

Analytical data

Result ROCK AND ORE ASSAYS (OFFICER, 1917), TRACE TO 5.54 OZ/T AU, TRACE TO 30.5 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.70782, -21.25589
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 20M
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND A TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OFFICER, H.G., 1917, COMBINED REPORT ON THE ESCAPA COPPER MINE AND THE CUIDADO SILVER MINE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO ANDES EXPLORATION CO., 6P

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT EXAMINATION BY ANDES EXPLORATION CO. (ANACONDA) 1917

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL GEOLOGISTS IN 1990

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE IN N45W BRECCIA ZONES THAT DIP VERTICALLY, ALL WITHIN AN ALTERATION ZONE OF 12 SQ KM IN EXTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Richter, Don (Usgs) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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