1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Esmeralda Mine

Producer in Chuquisaca, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100664
MRDS ID BL20377
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -65.05692, -20.26369 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500
Relative position 6 KM S OF OCURI; 20 KM S20E OF SAN LUCAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chuquisaca(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Chuquisaca

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY SAME AS SUNCHU WAYKHO MAP SHOWN ON 1:250,000 TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -65.05692, -20.26369
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Transverse To Main Mineralized Structures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 29-70 NE
    Thickness 1M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Del Sur
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED UP TO 6 MT/DAY 60 TO 65% ZN HAND SORTED CONCENTRATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 300M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on development

  • UNDER EXPLORATION BY COMSUR IN 1975 ; ECON.COM: IN 1975 HAD PLANS TO BUILD A 25,000 MT/YR MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ACHA, B.J., AND MONTANO L., R., 1975, ZINC DEPOSITS, MINING-GEOLOGIC TOPICS OVER PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G2/214

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ACHA AND MONTANO (1975)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WESTERNMOST VEIN (ICHUPAMPA) IS THE MAIN VEIN. OTHER VEINS TO THE EAST INCLUDE SANTIAGO, APOSTOL, ALCOHUACHANA, AND OTHERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 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.

Maps centered on this site