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Linares Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005879
MRDS ID BL10056
Record type Site
Current site name Linares Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.14586, -21.62449 (WGS84)
Elevation 3950
Relative position 3 KM S40W OF ESTANCIA KOLLPIRI

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Quehua Superior
    Rock description Quehua Superior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.14586, -21.62449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Linares Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N5-15E
    Dip 15-42 SE
    Thickness 0.02M
    Length 300M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Preferred Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Cooperativa 25 De Juli0
Year of first production 1969

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa 25 De Julio

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Total resources 169000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 9.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 94M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCING ABOUT 5 MT/MONTH 30% CU CONCENTRATES 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA LINARES-CERRO NEGRO: PROYECTO COMIBOL-LIPEZ-70 INFORME GE-28/29, 21P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:500

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. 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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