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Jarafira Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  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 10006256
MRDS ID BL20235
Record type Site
Current site name Jarafira Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.74944, -20.39758 (WGS84)
Elevation 3300
Relative position 9 KM S20W OF TOROPALCA

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
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.74944, -20.39758
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Length 135M
    Width 0.8M
    Depth to bottom 120M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eduardo Montalvo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, CROSS CUTS, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS 0.10 TO 0.80 M WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 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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