Cerro Pabellon Deposit

Occurrence in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005981
MRDS ID BL10203
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pabellon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.972, -20.62647 (WGS84)
Elevation 3800
Relative position 5 KM N85E OF YONZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO PABELLON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Ore

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 1% IMPURITIES OF SN, CO, CU, GA, MO, NI, V IN FE (BUSTILLOS, 1966)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Yonza
    Rock description Yonza

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.972, -20.62647

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 800M
    Width 800M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yonza Peninsula

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSTILLOS CAMPOS, OSCAR JUAN, 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA PENINSULA DE YONZA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 69P., MAP 1:50,000

  • Deposit

    THESIS BY BUSTILLOS (1966

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDIVIDUAL VEINS ARE UP TO 4 CM WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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