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Todos Santos Mine

Past Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10006596
MRDS ID BL30162
Record type Site
Current site name Todos Santos Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.71611, -19.79759 (WGS84)
Elevation 4120
Relative position 25 KM S10E 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.71611, -19.79759
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Anticline With Transverse Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W; S10W
    Dip 60-72SW; 60-70SE
  • Strike N35W; S10W
    Dip 60-72SW; 60-70SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TODOS SANTOS MINE OCCURS IN ORDOVICIAN SHALES INTERBEDDED WITHSANDSTONES ON THE WEST SIDE OF A N-S TRENDING ANTICLINE WITH TRANSVERSE FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fidel Navarro

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 THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPAL VEINS IN THE DEPOSIT. THE DOLORES VEIN STRIKES N35W, DIPS 60-72SW, 5-10 CM WIDE AND 130 M LONG. THE TODOS SANTOS VEIN STRIKES S10W, DIPS 60-70SE, 5 CM WIDE AND IS SHORT.

Reporter information

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

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