1 De Enero Limitada Placer

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086984
MRDS ID BL20030
Record type Site
Current site name 1 De Enero Limitada Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.38285, -15.24774 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position 21 KM UPSTREAM FROM MAPIRI ON RIGHT BANK OF RIO MAPIRI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Gold Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Cangalli
    Rock description Cangalli

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.38285, -15.24774

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 400M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa 1 De Enero Limitada

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 55440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.91 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 232 M LONG TO A PALEOCHANNEL. A 141 M DRIST ALONG PALEOCHANNEL OF WHICH 80 M IS IN PAYROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROCHA R., 1990 - INFORME ETAPA "A" PROYECTO 541/90 - CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS AT COMTACT BETWEEN CONGLOMERATE AND BEDROCK. TERTIARY CANGALLI CONGLOMERATE CONSISTS OF CLASTS OF QUARTZITE AND SLATE IN A FERRUGINOUS CLAY MATRIX. BEROCK CONSISTS OF ORDOVICIAN SLATE AND QUARTZITE. GOLD OCCURS AS FLAKES UP TO 6 MM LONG. LOWER AMOUNTS OF GOLD ARE FOUND IN RECENT GRAVELS IN STREAMS CUTTING TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1991 Guerra, Edwin Servicio Geologic de Bolivia
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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