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Callipampa Mill Tailings

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006341
MRDS ID BL20342
Record type Site
Current site name Callipampa Mill Tailings
Alternate or previous names Monserrat Mill, Ichicollo Mill, Ichikollo Mill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.96892, -18.44346 (WGS84)
Elevation 3720
Relative position 7.7 KM S6W OF POOPO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • TAILINGS FROM MILL OF MONSERRAT MINE. MINE IS LOCATED 12 KM N75E OF MILL. SEE MRDS RECORD #BL20344 FOR DESCRIPTION OF MONSERRAT MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.96892, -18.44346
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Monserrat

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monserrat Mining Co. ; Hugh Thomas Herd
    First year 1926
    Last year 1948

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 111553000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6.24 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
    Tin Sn 1.43 wt-pct Tin Major 1980
    Silver Ag 3.03 g/mt Silver Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 11903000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.83 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
    Tin Sn 1.71 wt-pct Tin Major 1980
    Silver Ag 2.91 g/mt Silver Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE. TAILING ACCUMULATED OVER 40 YEARS PRODUCTION OF MONSERRAT MILL (1926-1948)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED IN A CRUDE WAY BY LESSEES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CRUDE GRAVITY CONCENTRATION OF TAILINGS. MONSERRAT MILL, WHICH WAS OF 100 MT/DAY CAPACITY, RECOVERED ONLY TIN MINERALS BY GRAVITY CONCENTRATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAVERA, F., AND HORVAY, K., 1980, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 116/80: CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO DE EXPLORACION MINERA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TAILINGS CONSISTS OF STATIFIED LAYERS OF OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED MATERIAL, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF SAND, SILT, AND SLIME (CLAY). MATERIAL CONTAINS ABOUT 5% SPHALERITE, 2% GALENA, 1.5 % CASSITERITE, AND 1% TEALLITE.

Reporter information

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

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