La Asunta Placer Mines

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006537
MRDS ID BL30079
Record type Site
Current site name La Asunta Placer Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.16616, -16.16437 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Relative position 93 KM FROM CHULUMANI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.16616, -16.16437

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PALEOCHANNELS ARE FORMED OF CONSOLIDATED CONGLOMERATES WITH ROUNDED TO SUBROUNDED CLASTS OF GRANITES, QUARTZITES, SLATES, AND QUARTZ IN A MATRIX OF CLAYEY SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooperativa La Asunta
  • Type Owner
    Owner Empresa Minera La Asunta

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1-5) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL TUNNELS AND WELLS. MANUAL OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) GUSTA% SBy0.84% SByy0.80% SB

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ALLUVIAL GOLD DEPOSITS OCCUR IN PALEOCHANNELS, TERRACES, AND IN THE PRESENT BED OF THE RIVER CAJONES. PALEOCHANNELS, THE MOST IMPORTANT DEPOSITS CONTAIN GOLD AS SMALL GRANULES AND AS FINE DUST WITH SOME MAGNETITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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