San Antonio Mine

Producer in Oruro, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100650
MRDS ID BL20118
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mine
Alternate or previous names Jarumita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.03281, -17.61433 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM N86E OF CARACOLLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Uncia
    Rock description Uncia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.03281, -17.61433

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caracollo

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Material CONS
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Antimony Antimony 60wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEDIA, J., AND VELASCO, P., 1976, SAN ANTONIO MINE PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    VEDIA AND VELASCO (1976)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Cardenas, Nestor Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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