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Consolidada Malmisa Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  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 10006316
MRDS ID BL20312
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidada Malmisa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.7453, -19.13094 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 13 KM N40E OF TINGUAPAYA (GABRIEL VERA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG FOR HACIENDA MALMISA MAYU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.7453, -19.13094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 30-80 E
    Dip 35-85 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST SEDIMENTS STRIKE N45W DIP 36-65SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edgar Kukoc And Yerko Kukac

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 337000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.37 wt-pct Tin Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROSPECTIVE RESOURCE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1800M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS MOSTLY HORIZONTAL AND CONFINED TO ZONE OF OXIDATION.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLOATATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FONEM, 1983, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 445/83: CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO DE EXPLORACION MINERA. ANO 1983.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION DEVELOPED IN THREE SECTORS: HITLER, SAN NICOLAS, AND YRAJPUNTA. THERE ARE 28 SIGNIFICANT, SUBPARALLEL, DISCONTINUOUS VEINS EACH UP TO 1.2 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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