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Itos Mill Tailings

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Silver, Lead, Gold, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006377
MRDS ID BL20393
Record type Site
Current site name Itos Mill Tailings
Alternate or previous names San Jose De Oruro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.11615, -17.96432 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 3 KM W OF ORURO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.11615, -17.96432
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jose De Oruro

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empresa Minera De Oruro (Comibol Subsidiary)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 1649630000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.33 wt-pct Tin Major 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMIBOL, 1990, PROYECTO DE INVERSION MINERA: BOLETIN DE LA DIRECCION DE RELACIONES PUBLICAS E INFORMACIONES DE LA CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TAILINGS FROM ITOS MILL. SN CONTENT OF ORES TREATED INCREASED AND AG CONTENT OF ORES TREATED DECREASED OVER TIME.

Reporter information

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