Description
British Geological Survey/Servicio Geologico De Bolivia
Commodities
PrimaryREE, Barium-Barite
SecondaryThorium, Uranium, Scandium, Manganese, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model24: Carbonatite
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBastnaesite
GangueGoethite, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockIntrusive Carbonatite,Gneiss · Manomo Carbonatite Complex
AlterationParagneiss Core Zone Highly Altered (Silicified).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1977
Identification
Deposit ID10006668
MRDS IDBL30243
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-15.50604, -60.69684
References
LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153P.HAWKINSM M.P. AND OTHERS, 1987, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE MANOMO, BRITISH GEOLIGCAL SURVEY - GEOBOL, 1:250,000.CIMRI