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Cerro Calera Occurrence

Producer in La Paz, Bolivia with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086933
MRDS ID BL10121
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Calera Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Cerro Catavi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.59535, -16.48214 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 1 KM SW OF COMUNIDAD CATAVI

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

Comments on the location information

  • AT CERRO CALERA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIMESTONE MINED AS BUILDING STONE

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 75.8% CACO3 (MONTES DE OCA AND VEDIA, 1965)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.59535, -16.48214
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N40w Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Coniri Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE NOT OF SUITABLE QUALITY FOR CEMENT. AHLFELD ET AL (1964) DESCRIBE LIMESTONE AS "TRAVERTINE" DEPOSITED BY THERMAL WATERS RELATED TO CONIRI FAULT THAT SEPARATES TERTIARY FROM PALEOZOIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTES DE OCA, I., AND VEDIA M., J., 1965, INFORME SOBRE EL ESTUDIO DEL YACIMIENTO DE CALIZA CERRO CALERA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-470, 6P.

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE BOLIVIA BOLETIN 5, P. 322-323.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MONTES DE OCA AND VEDIA (1965

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 19 LIMESTONE BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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