Cerro Pocotaica Prospect

Occurrence in Cochabamba, Bolivia with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006356
MRDS ID BL20362
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pocotaica Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.26779, -17.71543 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Relative position 600 M S50W OF CAPINOTA ON CERRO POCOTAICA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochabamba(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Cochabamba
Bolivia Cochabamba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.26779, -17.71543

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSITIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOBOL, CLAY DEPOSITS: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/246)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOBOL INFORME GE-G1/246

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY LAYER 8-10 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Calderon, Raul Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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