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La Escondida Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz, Bolivia with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090404
MRDS ID BL10218
Record type Site
Current site name La Escondida Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wacan Kkollu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.89397, -17.79655 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position 3 KM N60W 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

Comments on the location information

  • ON CERRO WACAN KKOLLU

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLING BY CIA MINERA INTI ILLIMANI (1989): WACAN KKOLLU ZONE: 2.19 G/MT AG, 0.03 G/MT AU
Result ALTERATION ZONE: 3.60 G/MT AG, 0.02 G/MT AU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.89397, -17.79655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner F. Saavedra

Comments on development

  • EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY CIA. MINERA INTI ILLIMANI 1989. MINTEC MAY HAVE A CONCESSION NEARBY ("LA ESCONDIDA")

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CIA. MINERA INTI ILLIMANI, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT, P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTERED AND MINERALIZED AREA IS 250,000 SQ M IN EXTENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1989 Long, Keith U.S. Geological Survey

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

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