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Velasco Y Del Rio Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, 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 10006474
MRDS ID BL20518
Record type Site
Current site name Velasco Y Del Rio Mine
Alternate or previous names Jankolaime

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.41613, -18.59124 (WGS84)
Elevation 3650
Relative position 21 KM S40E OF UNCIA

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
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.41613, -18.59124
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On W Flank Of An Overturned Nw-Se Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip NE AND SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alberto Del Rio, Roman Velasco

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROBABLE; (2) POSSIBLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1378M

Comments on the workings information

  • 828 M OF CROSSCUTS, 550 M OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARGAS, W., 1975, PROGRAMA DE INVENTARIACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL/BANCO MUNDIAL

  • 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 PARALLEL VEINS AVERAGE 0.5 M WIDE WITH ORE SHOOTS UP TO 2 M WIDE

Reporter information

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

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