Nevado Sajama Occurrence

Occurrence in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Antimony, Sulfur

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10006043
MRDS ID	BL10333
Record type	Site
Current site name	Nevado Sajama Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-68.8712, -18.10709 (WGS84)
Elevation	6000
Relative position	10 KM N70E OF SAJAMA

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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Antimony Critical	Tertiary
Sulfur	Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	167
USGS model code	25m
Deposit model name	Fumarolic sulfur

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-68.8712, -18.10709	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	BL10333

Bibliographic references

Deposit

AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NATIVE S OCCURRENCE IS DISPUTED BY AHLFELD

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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