Cerro Negrito Manganese Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006775
MRDS ID BL30367
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Negrito Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.62073, -14.1122 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 27 KM S55W OF COMUNIDAD CATAMARCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO NEGRITO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.62073, -14.1122

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINIMUM ESTIMATE ASSUMES SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 3.3

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

    LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE HUANCHACA, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-GEOBOL, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 30 M HIGH HILL 350 M LONG, 125 M WIDE WITH A 5 M CAP OF MASSIVE, BANDED, PISOLITH, BRECCIA, LATERITE AND VEIN-TYPE MN ORES WITH 43-60% MN AND 0.2-3.30% FE. MASSIVE AND BANDED ORES FORM A RESISTANT 3-5 M CAP PASSING DOWNWARD INTO BRECCIA-TYPE ORE AND THEN LATERITE.

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.