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Choco Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  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 10006460
MRDS ID BL20501
Record type Site
Current site name Choco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.46613, -18.43096 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 1.5 KM N25W OF AYMAYA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.20 TO 8.50% SN

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.46613, -18.43096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20-30 E
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Estructural

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-Operator
    Owner Moria De Oussof

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 61wt-pct
  • Year 1961
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 14wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 188M

Comments on the workings information

  • 133 M OF DRIFTS, 35 M OF CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVITY CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELIAS, C., 1961, INFORME BANCO MINERO: (BAMIN)-I-CH2 ARCHIVO MINTEC

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AVERAGE 0.70 M WIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

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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