Unnamed Site

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006507
MRDS ID BL30047
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.84811, -16.54102 (WGS84)
Elevation 4720
Relative position 10.9 KM N80E FROM PALCA.

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 EAST BANK OF RIO KHUCHUCHANI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Uncia Formation
    Rock description Uncia Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.84811, -16.54102

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N70W
    Dip 85SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINKELMANN, L., 1983, GEOLOGIE UND LAGERSTATTEN IM BEREICH PALCA (MURURATA) UND DIE GEOCHEMIE DER SILURSEDIMENTITE, IN DER CORDILLERA LA PAZ/BOLIVIEN: BERLINER GEOWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ABHANDLUNGEN, REIHE A, V. 51, 110 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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