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Choroma Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10006588
MRDS ID BL30150
Record type Site
Current site name Choroma Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.68277, -21.33089 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 13 KM N15E OF TUPIZA

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization, Propilitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.68277, -21.33089
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 800M
    Width 600M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Related To Tert Dacite Dome

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Choroma
  • Type Owner
    Owner Comibol

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)POSSIBLE; (2)PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, SHAFTS. PRIMITIVE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOST IMPORTANT VEINS ARE BLANCA, WHICH IS 10 M WIDE AND ALMOST COMPLETELY MINED OUT OVER A LENGTH OF 150 M, AND CHIROMA AND RAYO PUNTA. LARGE VOLUME OF STOCKWORK MINERALIZED ROCK CONSISTING OF VEINLETS OF JAROSITE, ALUNITE, AND IRON OXIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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

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