Santa Victoria Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006425
MRDS ID BL20456
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Victoria Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.34424, -16.05993 (WGS84)
Elevation 5500
Relative position 25 KM N45E OF PENAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sediments Metamorphosed To Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.34424, -16.05993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Paz

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VELARDE, V.O., 1980, FABULOSA MINE ZONE PRELIMINARY REPORT: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G1/428

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION ALONG FAULT CONSTACT BETWEEN CLASTIC SEDIMENTS AND GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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