Mirazapani Quarry

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Limestone, General, Travertine
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005966
MRDS ID BL10185
Record type Site
Current site name Mirazapani Quarry
Alternate or previous names Berenguela

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.21676, -17.28045 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250
Relative position 1 KM W OF BERENGUELA DE PACAJES

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Travertine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Travertine Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF LIMESTONE (AHLFELD ET AL, 1964): 97.47% CACO3, 0.30% MGCO3, 1.11% S03, 2.11% FE2O3, 0.45% AL2O3, 0.50% INSOLUBLE RESIDUE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 270
USGS model code 35d
Deposit model name Travertine

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.21676, -17.28045

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Areas Of Paleothermal Activity (Hot Springs)

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE IS COLLOIDAL, SOLD AS "MARBLE-ONYX".

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists
Year of first production 1650

Mining district

District name Berenguela District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, 388P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 8 DEPOSITS OF CARBONATE SINTER, 1 TO 3 M THICK, GENERALLY COVERED BY POROUS TRAVERTINE (SILICA SINTER)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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