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El Poder Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Bismuth, Tungsten, Zinc, Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006345
MRDS ID BL20346
Record type Site
Current site name El Poder Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.86614, -18.41431 (WGS84)
Elevation 3600
Relative position 11.5 KM S65E 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Llallagua;Uncia
    Rock description Llallagua;Uncia

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.86614, -18.41431
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticlines And Synclines.

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN ELLIPTICAL OUTCROP OF GRANODIORITE OCCURS EAST OF THE MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pedro Ferrari

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 SHORT TUNNELS. SHALLOW OPEN CUTS IN THE OXIDATION ZONE. WORKINGS AVERAGING 100 M IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL CRUSHING AND GRAVITY CONCENTRATION PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VILLAGOMEZ, M., 1967, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT TO JOHNNY DELGADO: MINTEC (1967) -1-P1.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS SYSTEMS: W VEINS DEVELOPED IN THE OXIDE ZONE, ZN VEINS DEVELOPED IN THE OXIDE-SULFIDE ZONE, SN VEINS DEVELOPED IN THE SULFIDE ZONE. VEINS ARE 100 TO 200 M WIDE AND 0.10 TO 0.60 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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