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El Centenario Placer

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Tin
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  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006215
MRDS ID BL20180
Record type Site
Current site name El Centenario Placer
Alternate or previous names Veneros El Centenario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.5828, -18.48096 (WGS84)
Elevation 3750
Relative position 3 KM S40W OF UNCIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi
Bolivia Potosi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 123
USGS model code 39e
Deposit model name Alluvial placer Sn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.5828, -18.48096
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STREAM PLACERS DERIVED FROM GLACIAL EROSION OF UPPER PORTION OF THE MINERALIZED LA SALVADORA (SIGLO XX) STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leased To Cooperatives
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS 5 TO 10 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT I-C21.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE CONTENT HIGHEST CLOSE TO BEDROCK, GRADUALLY DIMINISHES TOWARDS THE SURFACE. CASSITERITE OCCURS AS FRAGMENTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES LONG.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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