San Javier Placer District

Past Producer in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006700
MRDS ID BL30287
Record type Site
Current site name San Javier Placer District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.73271, -16.29769 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Relative position 25 KM S75W OF SAN JAVIER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz 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 Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.73271, -16.29769

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE OF GOLD NOT KNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880-1940'S

Comments on development

  • AREA UNDER EXPLORATION SINCE 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PERRANGE, JEVAN P., 1982, PROYECTO PRECAMBRICO: GOLDFIELD INTERNAL REPORT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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