Edma-Bella Esperanza Prospect

Past Producer in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodities Lead, Silver, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006290
MRDS ID BL20278
Record type Site
Current site name Edma-Bella Esperanza Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.49141, -17.70848 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 22 KM S65E OF CHALLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO SAYARI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADES VARY FROM 1.0 TO 12% PB AND 0.0001 TO 0.07% AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Torotoro Formation
    Rock description Torotoro Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.49141, -17.70848

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Width 100M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jesus Salinas

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 LEAD MINERALS DISSEMINATED IN A CALCAREOUS SANDSTONE BED 10 TO 15 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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