1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Socorro Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006472
MRDS ID BL20516
Record type Site
Current site name Socorro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.11612, -21.51866 (WGS84)
Elevation 3970
Relative position 22 KM N30E OF ESMORACA

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
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.11612, -21.51866
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Along Axis Of N-S Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milo Ivanovich

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1974 PRODUCING 25 TO 30 MT/MO 55-65% SB CONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) ORE IN PLACE IN VEINS; (2) PILLARS; (3) DUMPS (INCLUDING STOPE FILLINGS?); IN JANUARY 1975 UPPER 5 LEVELS RESERVES IN UPPER FIVE LEVELS WERE EXHAUSTED LEAVING ONLY PILLARS AND STOPE FILLINGS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ON NINE LEVELS BY SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS. CUT AND FILL MINING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 15-20 MT/DAY FLOATATION MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARRIOS O., J., LAKNER L., F., AND ECOS G., A., 1975, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION GRUPO MINERO "SOCORRO" CODIGO 309-0194-13: GEOBOL/BANCO MINERO

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BARRIOS AND OTHERS (1975)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN VEINS WITH ORE SHOOTS UP TO 0.8 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site