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Restauradora Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006134
MRDS ID BL20072
Record type Site
Current site name Restauradora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.43917, -21.63588 (WGS84)
Elevation 4550
Relative position 18.5 KM E OF SAN PABLO DE LIPEZ

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORES CONTAIN 250 TO 780 G/MT AG

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.43917, -21.63588
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50-60 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 236M
    Width 0.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Walter Huarachi

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 215.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IN THE RESTAURADORA ADIT, 198 M LONG. CROSS-CUT ADITS TO THE SW AND NE OF THE RESTAURADORA ADIT WERE DRIVEN TO INTERSECT OTHER MINERALIZED STRUCTURES WITHOUT SUCCESS. THERE ARE ALSO TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL INTERNAL REPORT 1-531

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS, N50W AND N60W RESPECTIVELY, DIP VERTICAL, AND ARE 0.13 TO 0.4 M WIDE AND 200 AND 236 M LONG.

Reporter information

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

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