Perseverancia Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094221
MRDS ID BL30210
Record type Site
Current site name Perseverancia Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rosario, Esoner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.6662, -15.58106 (WGS84)
Elevation 3950
Relative position 79 KM FROM SORATA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.6662, -15.58106

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 37-70NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORDOVICIAN SLATES WITH INTERCALATED QUARTZITES STRIKE N40W AND DIP 50NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix Pereyra Diaz

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1) PROSPECTIVE

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMITED PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUB-PARALLEL FRACTURES ARE MINERALIZED WITH MILKY QUARTZ. THERE ARE 5 VEINS 500-700 M LONG AND UP TO0 4 M WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1994 Blacutt, William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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