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San Jose Chiaraque Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006481
MRDS ID BL20526
Record type Site
Current site name San Jose Chiaraque Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.51777, -19.334 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Relative position 3 KM S45E OF COLAVI

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
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Marcasite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Main Veins Are Less Oxidized Than Minor Veins

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Chiaraque Intrusive
    Rock description Chiaraque Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.51777, -19.334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E; N 10 W
    Dip 75 SE, 70 NE
  • Dip 75 SE, 70 NE

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 Quiroga Compania Limitada

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 38400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 84668000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 4480000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 1.5 wt-pct Tin Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) POSITIVE; (2) PROBABLE; (3) POSSIBLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 350M
    Overall depth 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 M WORKINGS ON MAIN VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 60 M, 50 M ON CALAVARIO VEIN, 100 M ON OTHER VEINS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND SORTED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DE LA FUENTE, J.C., 1981, INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 129/81: 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 MAIN VEIN STRIKES N10E DIPS 75SE, IS 250 M LONG AND 0.2-0.6 M WIDE. CALVARIO VEIN STRIKES N10W DIPS 70 NE AND IS 160 M LONG AND 0.2 M WIDE. SEVERAL SHORTER VEINS PARRALLEL TO THESE MAIN VEINS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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