Serrania San Simon District

Producer in El Beni, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000179
MRDS ID BL30167
Record type District
Current site name Serrania San Simon District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.07497, -13.60418 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position IN CENTRAL PART OF SERRANIA SAN SIMON, EST, WITHIN 200 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Beni(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia El Beni

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27
Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.07497, -13.60418

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1688
Discoverer Jesuits(?)

Mining district

District name SERRANIA SAN SIMON DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G.I.M. SAN SIMON LTDA.
  • Type Operator
    Owner COMROSA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LITHERLAND AND OTHERS (1986) P. 107-109.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PITFIELD, P.E.J. AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE PUERTO VILLAZON: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    LITHERLAND, M., 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-94 LONG, KEITH R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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