La Espa?ola Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006014
MRDS ID BL10287
Record type Site
Current site name La Espa?ola Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sections: Santa Rosa, San Geronimo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.55788, -17.21435 (WGS84)
Elevation 4250
Relative position 0.5 KM NE OF ESTANCIA CABA%A LIPHICHI

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
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Silicic, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Abaroa
    Rock description Abaroa
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Abaroa
    Rock description Abaroa

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.55788, -17.21435

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYODACITIC INTRUSIVES POSTDATE ALTERED DACITIC INTRUSIVES ASSOCIATED WITH MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASARCO, 1990, ORAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, GEOBOL

  • Deposit

    VISITED JULY 19, 1990, BY GEOBOL (SORIA, CAMACHO

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPANISH COLONISTS MINED A 15 CM VEIN OF MASSIVE SULFIDES FOR AG IN SOUTHERN PART OF SANTA ROSA SECTION. SANTA ROSA SECTION CONSISTS OF AN ALTERED INTRUSIVE WITH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES. THE SAN GERONIMO SECTION CONSISTS OF STOCKWORK SULFIDE MINERALIZATION WITH NO QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.