Peru Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006434
MRDS ID BL20468
Record type Site
Current site name Peru Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.23032, -17.08101 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 KM S45E OF HUANACOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Catavi
    Rock description Catavi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.23032, -17.08101

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Vera Cruz

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION MINA PERU: GEOBOL INFORME

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-91 Barriga Parra, Freddy Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-DEC-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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