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El Triunfo Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006281
MRDS ID BL20266
Record type Site
Current site name El Triunfo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.83281, -17.31434 (WGS84)
Elevation 3100
Relative position 7.5 KM N15W OF KAMI

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.83281, -17.31434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E-W
    Dip 45 S
    Length 80M
    Width 0.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N-S WITH VERTICAL TO NEAR-VERTICAL DIPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Luis Sotomayor

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR LEVELS OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCO MINERO DE BOLIVIA, INFORME NO. 158, 1965, MINTEC INFORME I-T6.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 0.10 TO 0.40 M WIDE

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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