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Cuchuchini Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006552
MRDS ID BL30100
Record type Site
Current site name Cuchuchini Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.63277, -19.56427 (WGS84)
Elevation 4300
Relative position 13 KM E OF POTOSI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST FLANK OF THE KARI-KARI CORDILLERA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.63277, -19.56427
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vivado Family

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCERS

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS-CUTS AND DRIFTS OF SMALL MAGNITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO FRACTURED SYSTEMS PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER. VEINS ARE LESS THAN 150 M LONG AND AVERAGE 0.20 M WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1996 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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