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Susana Prospect

Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111287
MRDS ID BL00034
Record type Site
Current site name Susana Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sonia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.82869, -18.86013 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position 10 KM N15W OF ESTANCIA CHUNCHU%URI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • SUSANA CONCESSION COVERS CERRO SANTA CATALINA AND CERRO PACO KHAUA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result ALTERED ZONES (MINTEC) HAVE AS MUCH AS 0.4 G/MT AU AND 16 G/MT AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 77
USGS model code 20b
Deposit model name Sn-polymetallic vein

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.82869, -18.86013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Transandes S.A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor Cortez

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND INCLINE SHAFTS, DEEPEST 20 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PORTUGAL, J., FLORES, M., AND MCEVAN, C., 1988-1990, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORTS

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION BY MINTEC

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL 1990

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Ludington, Steve L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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