Caluyo Mine

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097727
MRDS ID BL20368
Record type Site
Current site name Caluyo Mine
Alternate or previous names Caluyo I-Iii, Kaluyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.99476, -17.43433 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 13 KM S60E OF COLQUIRI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba

Comments on the location information

  • AT KALUYO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.99476, -17.43433

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS: CALUYO I 29 M; CALUYO II 24 M; CALUYO III 38M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUNA, A.R., AND GUTIERREZ, V., 1983, PRELIMINARY INFORMOUS, AREA INDEPENDENCIA-COLQUECHACA, ZONE KAMI-TAPACARI: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/414)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1990 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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