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San Jose Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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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. 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 10006266
MRDS ID BL20246
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.39946, -17.88098 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Relative position 16 KM N65E OF BOLIVAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.7 TO 5.0% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.39946, -17.88098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 70 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ernesto Flores

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 220M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 110 M, CROSS CUTS 110 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUMUCIO, A., 1962, GEOBOL INFORME 540-579, 1969-I-535.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS (COLORADA, TUCSUHUMA). DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN WALLROCK. VEINS DISPLACED BY FAULTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-OCT-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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