Mantos Negros Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10086970
MRDS ID BL10376
Record type Site
Current site name Mantos Negros Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cerro Anallajchi
Related records 10005993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.89509, -17.92043 (WGS84)
Elevation 5000
Relative position 3 KM S60W OF OKORURO

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
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Probably Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.89509, -17.92043

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • EXAMINED AND SAMPLES BY EMPRESA MINERA ILLIMANI 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMPRESA MINERA ILLIMANI, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 1

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS BLANCOS IS A DEPOSIT OF MN OXIDES. ALTERATION ZONE AND HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA CARRY LOW VALUES IN AU AND AG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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