Rare Earth Mineral Occurrence

Occurrence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with commodity REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006669
MRDS ID BL30244
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Earth Mineral Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -60.9174, -15.80464 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 40 KM S5W OF SAN SIMON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO BAMBA WITHIN VELASCO ALKALINE COMPLEX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Velasco Alkaline Complex
    Rock description Velasco Alkaline Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -60.9174, -15.80464

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HAWKINS, M.P., AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE MANOMO, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - GEOBOL, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MELASYENITE DIKE OVER 100 M LONG AND MORE THAN 20 M WIDE CONTAINS ABOUT 9% BRITHOLITE OR LESSINGITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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