Fatima Segunda Placer Mine

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006540
MRDS ID BL30083
Record type Site
Current site name Fatima Segunda Placer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.13284, -15.59773 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position 14 KM FROM TIPUANI.

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
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Wolframite 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.13284, -15.59773

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BASEMENT IN THIS AREA IS COMPOSED OF STRONGLY FOLDED AND FRACTURED ORDOVICIAN QUARTZITE AND SLATE. THE AURIFEROUS DEPOSITS ARE MAINLY POLYMICTIC CONGLOMERATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Lopez, G. Sainz

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD IS FOUND DISSEMINATED IN THE MATRIX, MAINLY NEAR THE BASE OF THE CONGLOMERATE. IT OCCURS AS SMALL FLAKES, AND GOLD GRADES VARY BETWEEN 1 AND 10 G/T.

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.