Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006692
MRDS ID BL30278
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.17995, -15.16356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 16 KM S60E OF PUERTO EL TUTUMU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.17995, -15.16356

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.

  • Deposit

    ANNELLS R.N., AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE ASCENSION DE GUARAYOS, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY- GEOBOL, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY DERIVED FROM CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GUARAYOS (MPROT) GRANITE AND LA BELLA GP (MPROT) GRANOFELS METASEDIMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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