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Pazna-Huancane Quarry

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100676
MRDS ID BL30120
Record type Site
Current site name Pazna-Huancane Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.8328, -18.69763 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 23 KM S15E OF CHALLAPATA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Minchin Formation
    Rock description Minchin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.8328, -18.69763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 13000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONES OUTCROP OVER 13 KM BETWEEN PAZNA AND CALACOTO. THEY ARE SUB-RECENT TERRACES FORMED OF ORGANIC LIMESTONES ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE MINCHIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cordeor

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN-PIT WORKINGS OF SMALL MAGNITUDE. THE DEPOSITS ARE SMALL AND ARE WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE BY THE LOCALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE SMALL. ANALYSIS OF 38 SAMPLES PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING: 88.96 CACO3, 3.36% SIO2, 0.53% FE2O3, 0.81% AL2O3, 1.14% MGO, 2.31% SO3, 1% P2O5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1996 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

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