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Escapa Mine

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086916
MRDS ID BL10019
Record type Site
Current site name Escapa Mine
Alternate or previous names Eskapa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.68838, -21.22396 (WGS84)
Elevation 4225

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH FLANK OF CERRO ESCAPA 3 KM NE OF CUIDADO SILVER PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSIS BY OFFICER (1917) 25.4% CU, 1.5 OZ/T AG, TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.68838, -21.22396
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 90
    Length 500M
    Width 0.02M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists
Year of last production 1971

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AND FURNACE WERE THOUGHT BY OFFICER (1917) TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO NATIVE AMERICANS

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY A COOPERATIVE IN 1968 AND 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OFFICER, H.G., 1917, COMBINED REPORT ON THE ESCAPA COPPER MINE AND THE CUIDADO SILVER MINE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE ANDES EXPLORATION CO. (ANACONDA), 6P

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT EVALUATION BY ANDES EXPLORATION CO. (ANACONDA) 1917

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL IN 1990

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE IS A BROAD AND IRREGULAR BROKEN AND BRECCIATED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Richter, Don (Usgs) 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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