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Teoponte Placer Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006445
MRDS ID BL20483
Record type Site
Current site name Teoponte Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.83284, -15.49773 (WGS84)
Elevation 400

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

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER DEPOSITS ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF RIO TIPUANI AND RIO KAKA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Andalusite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite 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 > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.83284, -15.49773
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Minera Del Sur (Comsur)

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY MEANS OF A DREDGE.

Comments on development

  • DREDGE OPERATION CEASED IN 1990 WITH EXHAUSTION OF ACCESSIBLE ORE. ; ECON.COM: MINED BY DREDGE; GOLD RECOVERY BY GRAVITY CONCENTRATION (JIGS) AND MERCURY AMALGAMATION MILL FITTED ON THE DREDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINTEC, 1982, INFORME TEOPONTE: I-T9 ARCHIVO MINTEC.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD CONCENTRATED IN DEPRESSIONS IN ORD BEDROCK AND ALONG THE LOWER REACHES OF PALEOHIGHS IN THE ORD BEDROCK, WITHIN OVERLYING CANGALLI CONGLOMERATE. CONGLOMERATE IS 500 TO 2500 THICK AND CONTAINS CLASTS OF SHALE, SANDSTONE, AND GRANITE CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDES. GOLD OCCURS AS FLAT NUGGETS AND FINE PARTICLES.

Reporter information

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

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