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San Luis Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006387
MRDS ID BL20405
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.5661, -21.04756 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 1 KM N30E OF CORNACA

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

  • 200 HA CONCESSION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Basic Dykes: Propylitization-Chloritization, Argillitization, Pyritization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Agua Y Toro
    Rock description Agua Y Toro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.5661, -21.04756
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On W Flank Of Cornaca Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 70 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASIC DYKES HAVE NO PREFERRED OREINTATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Francisco Corazon

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTING AND CRUDE GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEDIA, J., AND CAMACHO, E., 1976, PROYECTO DE INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AVERAGE 1.8 M WIDE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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