Rio La Paz Placers

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Gold, Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068813
MRDS ID W002071
Record type Site
Current site name Rio La Paz Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.99947, -16.66436 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 KM ESE OF LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.99947, -16.66436

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHANNEL
    Depth to bottom 25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FREYDANCK, H. G., 1966, THE GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS AT THE FOOT OF THE EASTERN CORDILLERA: DEPTO. NAC. GEOL., SERV. GEOL., BOL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Irving, Earl M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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