Todos Santos Deposit

Occurrence in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006085
MRDS ID BL10389
Record type Site
Current site name Todos Santos Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.72146, -19.01095 (WGS84)
Elevation 4050
Relative position 36.5 KM W OF SABAYA

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

  • AT TODOS SANTOS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.72146, -19.01095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhyolite Dome Margin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compa%Ia Minera Del Sur S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1988, TODOS SANTOS-CARANGAS: FIELD GUIDE, YACIMIENTOS EPITERMALES EN AMBIENTES DE VOLCANISMO RECIENTE, SEMINARIO-TALLER, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, SEPT. 4-16, 1988, P. 37-40

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OBSIDIAN VITROPHYRE MARGIN OF OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE RHYOLITE DOME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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