| Deposit ID | 10107611 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | BL20392 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Porvenir and Huanuni Mill Tailings |
| Alternate or previous names | Santa Elena |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.81614, -18.28097 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3850 |
| Relative position | 2 KM E OF HUANUNI |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Oruro(province)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | Oruro |
| Bolivia | Oruro |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tin Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Marmatite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| (1) | -66.81614, -18.28097 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| District name | Huanuni |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Empresa Minera De Oruro (Comibol Subsidiary) |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol) |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 60600000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL20392 |
COMIBOL, 1991, PROYECTO DE INVERSION MINERA, RELAVES Y COLAS: BOLETIN DE RELACIONES PUBLICAS E INFORMACIONES DE LA CORPORACION MINERA DE BOLIVIA.
GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1800'S |
| Deposit | TWO TAILINGS DEPOSITS: (1) SMALL VOLUME DERIVED FROM TREATMENT OF COMPLEX (MARMATITE-SPHALERITE-FRANCKEITE-JAMESONITE-GALENA-CASSITERITE-ARSENOPYRITE-PYRITE) AG ORES FROM THE PORVENIR MINE; (2) LARGE VOLUME OF CASSITERITE-BEARING TAILINGS DERIVED FROM TREATMENT OF SN-ORES FROM HUANUNI MINE AT THE SANTA ELENA MILL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1991 | Guerra, Edwin | Servicio Geologic de Bolivia | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.