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San Luis Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Zinc, Cadmium, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005972
MRDS ID BL10193
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis Mine
Alternate or previous names Mary-Mary, Heil Hitler, Viluiyo, Kairiri, Elisa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.21454, -17.26711 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM N OF BERENGUELA
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Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Cadmium Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Greenockite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinite Selvages Around Veins

Analytical data

Result 5% CD, UP TO 25% SB IN PLACES, 100 TO 200 G/T AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.21454, -17.26711
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Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70 TO 80 S
    Depth to top 0M
    Length 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Structure

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Berenguela

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100M

Comments on development

  • MINED 1928 TO 1930 BY VILLAR PANDO FOR ZN-CD. VILUIYO MINED 1926-1930 FOR CU AS KAIRIRI. MAIN ADIT REOPENED 1952 AND LENGTHENED TO 100 M.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS BL10193

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRVAS C., FERNANDO, 1964, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION TAMBO MAURI-BERENGUELA, PROVINCIA PACAJES DE DEPARTAMENTO DE LA PAZ, REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA: UNBUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, MAP 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1962, LOS YACIMIENTOS POLIMETALICOS DE BERENGUELA: GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA REPORT 39, 54P.

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, USGS/GEOBOL, 1990

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATIONS BY GERMAN GEOLOGICAL MISSION TO BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1962)

  • Deposit

    THESIS BY SIRVAS (1964)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 10 TO 30 CM WIDE WITH ORE SHOOTS 10 TO 35 M LONG AND UP TO 3 M WIDE. DEPOSIT IS OXIDIZED TO 5 TO 10 M DEPTH. EAST END OF VEIN (VILUIYO) CONTAINS ABUNDANT CU IN OXIDIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1990 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey