Mine detail: Santa Rosa Mine

Previously called 'Adits: ElsaPpal'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.78727, -66.49334
dep_id: 10005852
mrds_id: BL10014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Cadmium, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 77: Sn-polymetallic vein
alteration: Sericitic, Propylitic
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.; Hinojosa, A.
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Dacite
discr: Spanish Colonists
References:
  • Deposit:: JIMENEZ CH., NESTOR AND NUNEZ A., GERMAN, 1988, EVALUACION DEL POTENCIAL EN METALES PRECIOSOS DE LOS CERROS PUCASALLE Y PUCA ORKHO, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ, POTOSI-BOLIVIA: PROGRANA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL DESAROLLO, PROYECTO BOL/87/012, 35P., MAPS 1:50,000;1:10,000.
  • Deposit:: VALENCIA, J., 1973, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA REGION ORIENTAL DEL CERRO BONETE, PROVINCIA SUD LIPEZ-DEPTO. DE POTOSI: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 89P.
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA (GEOBOL), 1971, MINA SANTA ROSA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-1970 INFORME GE-02, 16P.
  • Deposit:: CARO, E., 1964, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINERA ARGENTO-PLUMBO-ZINQUIFERA SANTA ROSA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-359, MAP 1:1,000.
  • Deposit:: SUGAKI ET AL, 1986, GEOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUR LIPEZ DISTRICT, BOLIVIA: SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, SRS. 3, V. 16, N. 3, P. 327-352.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (GEOBOL, 1971)
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UNDP (JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ, 1988)
  • Deposit:: VISITED OCT. 1990 BY USGS/GEOBOL
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY CARO (1964)
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY JICA/MMAJ (SUGAKI ET AL, 1986)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: JIMENEZ AND NUNEZ (1988)
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