Rio Challana

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006797
MRDS ID BL30404
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Challana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.91618, -15.53106 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.91618, -15.53106

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner South American Placer, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SOUTH AMERICAN PLACER INC. WAS GETTING VALUES OF 1 G AU/CM AT RIVER MOUTH.

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FREYDANCK, H.G., 1965, THE GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS AT THE FOOT OF THE EASTERN CORDILLERA OF BOLIVIA; A REPORT ON THE EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 1963 AND 1964: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, DEPARTMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-85 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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