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La Riviera Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005825
MRDS ID BL00004
Record type Site
Current site name La Riviera Prospect
Alternate or previous names La Rivera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.11842, -17.82238 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 9 KM N35W FROM RIO BLANCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE FLANK OF CERRO CANASITA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Western Cu-Ag Zone: Propylitic. Eastern Zone: Argillic And Silicic With Hypogene Alunite.

Analytical data

Result WESTERN CU-AG ZONE HAS UP TO 2.0% CU AND 50 PPM AG. EASTERN EPITHERMAL ZONE HAS 0.1 TO 0.3 G/T AU, UP TO 20 PPM AG, UP TO 200 PPM AS AND UP TO 80 PPM SB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Riviera;Kanasita;Abaroa
    Rock description La Riviera;Kanasita;Abaroa

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.11842, -17.82238
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A CU-AG ZONE ON WEST SIDE OF PROPERTY. ON EAST SIDE AN AREA OF ARGILLIC AND SILICIC ALTERATION WITH VEINLETS OF CHALCEDONY, JAROSITE AND LIMONITE AND DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1987
Discoverer Mintec

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jorge Quiroga And Edgar Quispe

Comments on development

  • UNDER EXPLORATION BY MINTEC FROM 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINTEC, 1990, PERSONAL COMMUN

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION WORK BY MINTEC FROM 1987

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Ludington, Steve L. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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