1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

El Pato Prospect

Occurrence in Chuquisaca, Bolivia with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006141
MRDS ID BL20080
Record type Site
Current site name El Pato Prospect
Alternate or previous names Guadalupe, El Condor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -64.80859, -19.39677 (WGS84)
Elevation 3500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chuquisaca(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Chuquisaca
Bolivia Chuquisaca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result MOST SAMPLES CONTAINE 0.02-0.03% CU, LOCALLY UP TO 14.43% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -64.80859, -19.39677
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Cossio, Fernamdo Ascarrunz, R. Resini

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DELGADO, J., AND TAPIA, OSCAR, 1969: MINTEC INTERNAL REOIRT I-VM-10.

  • Deposit

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR NUCLEI AND FRACTURE FILLINGS OF COPPER MINERALS. FRACTURES ARE UP TO 0.20 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

Maps centered on this site