Candelaria Placer

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006104
MRDS ID BL20028
Record type Site
Current site name Candelaria Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.9995, -16.83102 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position AT BARRON PAMPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH BANK OF RIO MAPIRI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.9995, -16.83102

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1990

Mining district

District name Mapiri

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Candelaria

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE ADITS ALONG GRAVEL/BEDROCK CONTACT.

Comments on development

  • PLACERS WORKED BY PANNING AND SLUICES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Deposit

    EXPLORED BY MINTE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE TERRACE DEPOSITS OF WHICH THE CENTRAL TERRACE IS THE LARGEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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