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Farellon Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086924
MRDS ID BL10089
Record type Site
Current site name Farellon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.41615, -21.57312 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 1.5 KM S85E OF ESTANCIA THOLA WAYKO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY GEOBOL (1971): TRACE TO 15.58% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Potoco
    Rock description Potoco
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.41615, -21.57312
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 17 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Preferred Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serrania De Las Minas

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Minera Serrania De Las Minas

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1969 COOPERATIVA SERRANIA DE LAS MINAS PRODUCING ABOUT 5 MT/MO 22 TO 35% CU CONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 612M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA FARELLON: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-36, 17P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GEOBOL (1971)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS STRIKE N75W DIP 75NE. MANTOS ARE SANDSTONE CEMENTED BY CALCITE-MALACHITE-AZURITE. VEINS CONTAIN CHALCOCITE-AZURITE-MALACHITE-TENORITE-CUPRITE-HEMATITE-MN OXIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. 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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