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Rio Kaka Placers

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Gold
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068467
MRDS ID W001530
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Kaka Placers
Alternate or previous names Teoponte-Guanay - South American Gold and Platinum Co., Subsidiary of International Mining Corp., N.Y.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.73283, -15.4644 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position BETWEEN GUANAY AND TEOPONTE, ON KAKA RIVER, 100 KMS NORTH OF LA PAZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • BELOW CONFLUENCE OF ATEN, TIPUANI, AND COROICO RIVERS, TO FORM THE KAKA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Cangalli Form-Conglomerate Base
    Rock description Cangalli Form-Conglomerate Base
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.73283, -15.4644
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cordillera Real, Northwest Bolivia. Nw-Se

Ore body information

  • General form MEANDER

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONGLOMERATE PROBABLY CONTRIBUTES SOME GOLD IN ADDITTION TO RIVER BORNE METAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1525
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name Tipuani-Kaka Rivers, Nw Bolivia

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner South Amer. Gold And Platinum Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALSO REPORT THAT THE BOLINCA MINING CORP. CONCESSIONS DOWNSTREAM NEAR YAICURA AND SIPUATI, 25 KMS DOWNSTREAM FROM TEOPONTE, CONTAIN 38 MILLION CU YDS AT 0.42/CU. YD. SUGGESTING THAT GOLD VALUES CONTINUE FOR CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE ALONG KAKA RIVER.
  • ULTIMATE POTENTIAL OF KAKA RIVER AND BENI RIVER COULD BE VERY LARGE AT HIGHER METAL PRICES, IF GOLD VALUES EXTEND AS FAR DOWNSTREAM AS AHLFELD AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA SUGGEST.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS MAY CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM FOR CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AS INDICATED BY BOLINCA MINING CORP. CONCESSIONS 25KM DOWNSTREAM FROM GUANAY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SHARP VARIATIONS IN WATER LEVEL PARTICULARLY DURING FLOOD STAGE. SOME HEAVY BOULDERS . HIGH FINENESS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MAJOR STREAMS OF CORDILLERA REAL CONVERGE TO FORM KAKA RIVER AT GUANAY, WHERE THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION OF STREAM GRADIENT AS THE RIVER ISSUES UPON THE LLANURAS DEL BENI(BENI RIVER PIEDMONT PLAINS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: PRECOLONIAL, AND COLONIAL FROM 1548

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Irving, Earl M. U.S. Geological Survey

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