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San Florencio Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006468
MRDS ID BL20511
Record type Site
Current site name San Florencio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.66614, -18.31431 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 17 KM S80E OF HUANUNI

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.66614, -18.31431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A WINDOW WITHIN THE MOROCOCALA VOLCANIC FIELD. MINERALIZATION OCCURS EXCLUSIVELY IN SIL SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pardo And Gomez Families

Production statistics

  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 38wt-pct
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 36wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tin Tin 37wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE; (3) DUMPS; (4) TAILINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND CUT AND FILL MINING VIA INCLINE ADITS, SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS TO 100 M DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FLOATATION MILL OF 50-60 MT/DAY CAPACITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RIVERA, M., ECOS, A., AVILA, M., AND SANDOVAL, R., ESTUDIO DE PREFACTIBILIDAD MINA SAN FLORENCIO CODIGO 206-02-167: GEOBOL/WORLD BANK

  • 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 VEINLETS, POCKES, AND DISSEMINATIONS OF CASSITERITE IN SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

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

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