Niobium-Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006652
MRDS ID BL30227
Record type Site
Current site name Niobium-Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -62.22798, -15.30161 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 12 KM N40E OF MONTE VERDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Santa Cruz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -62.22798, -15.30161

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.

  • Deposit

    KLINCK B.A., O'CONNOR E.A., AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE MONTE VERDE, BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-GEOBOL, 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY OVER AN INFERRED PEGMATITE DIKE WITH 655 PPM U AND 0.21% NB. A STRONG (700 CPS) RADIOACTIVE ANOMALY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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