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Felicidad Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006322
MRDS ID BL20318
Record type Site
Current site name Felicidad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.74944, -19.5976 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position JUST S OF POTOSI

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

  • ON N SIDE OF CERRO RICO DE POTOSI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.74944, -19.5976
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Epigenetico Estructural

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Rico De Potosi

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Julio Segorga
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT AND DRIFT ADITS, INCLINES, SHORT DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE WORLD-CLASS CERRO RICO DE POTOSI AG-SN DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA (FONEM), 1982, MINA FELICIDAD PROYECTO 262/82.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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