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Caracollo Placer

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006539
MRDS ID BL30082
Record type Site
Current site name Caracollo Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.36616, -17.58099 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 17 KM N70W OF CARACOLLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • THE DISSEMINATED GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT OF CERRO KORI KOLLO LIES ABOUT 20 KM WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.36616, -17.58099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORIGIN OF THE GRAVELS IS UNCERTAIN; THEY MAY BE REWORKED FLUVIO-GLACIAL DEPOSITS FROM THE EASTERN CORDILLERA, OR DERIVED FROM THE ADJACENT PALEOZOIC HILLS AND A TERTIARY VOLCANIC CENTER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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