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Santiago Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Tin, Arsenic
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006557
MRDS ID BL30107
Record type Site
Current site name Santiago Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.49952, -15.78105 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 38 KM SORATA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN AN AREA NORTH OF THE COOCO CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.49952, -15.78105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S50-70E
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZATION IS VETIFORM AND IS EMBEDDED IN THE ROSASANI BATHOLITH WHICH IS A FELSIC INTRUSIVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT WORKINGS

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 THE MINERALIZATION IS VETIFORM AND THE VEINS ARE SPATIALLY LOCATED 3 TO 5 M APART WITHIN AN AREA OF 0.50 SQUARE KM. VEINS ARE 0.10-0.4 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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