Cerro Pusimujuna Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005990
MRDS ID BL10213
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pusimujuna Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.45896, -16.77825 (WGS84)
Elevation 4600
Relative position 6 KM S70W OF KONIRI

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 CERRO PUSIMUJUNA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Tiahuanacu
    Rock description Tiahuanacu
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.45896, -16.77825

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 2M
    Length 50M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Preferred Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1967

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. Bacigalupo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAPATA P., H., 1987, LAS CONCENTRACIONES DE COBRE EN LA PARTE ORIENTAL DEL TERCIARIO ALTIPLANICO: UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA PUBLICACION 3, P. 167-185

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE MANTO

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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