Chirihuiri Chico Mine

Past Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006099
MRDS ID BL20017
Record type Site
Current site name Chirihuiri Chico Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.26619, -15.27552 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 KM N OF MAPIRI, 3 KM FROM CHIRIHUIRI CHICO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIO CONSATA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.26619, -15.27552

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mapiri

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa 16 De Julio

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 118000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.0013 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZELADA, GASTON, AND HEUSCHMIDT, BERTRAND, 1983, PRELIMINARY PROJECT REPORT (IN GEOBOL FILES)

  • Deposit

    ENGINERS GASTON ZELADA, BERTRAND HEUSCHMIDT.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Leyton Rodriguez, Martha Delia Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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