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Senor De San Dimas Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Lead, Arsenic, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006464
MRDS ID BL20506
Record type Site
Current site name Senor De San Dimas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.6662, -15.16441 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Huato Intrusive
    Rock description Huato Intrusive
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.6662, -15.16441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E; N 10-11 W
    Dip 80 SE/NE
  • Dip 80 SE/NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N30W

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 Empresa Minera Pabon

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 392350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 2.03 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Lead Pb 9.59 wt-pct Lead Minor 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLE RESERVE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY ONE VEIN DEVELOPED. FIVE LEVELS OF WORKINGS, MAIN PRODUCTION ADIT IS ON LEVEL 0. THERE ARE 57 M CROSSCUTS AND 165 M OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE PROCESSED AT SAN JOSE DE AYATA MILL OWNED BY SAME COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENDOZA, E., 1983, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 393/82: CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S
Deposit THREE VEINS 900 TO 1000 M LONG AVERAGE 0.3-0.44 M WIDE. (VEIN 1 N10E 80SE 1000 M LONG AVG 0.44 M WIDE; VEIN 2 N11W 80NE 920 M LONG AVG 0.30 M WIDE; VEIN 3 N10W 80NE 900 M LONG AVG 0.44 M WIDE).

Reporter information

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

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