Mineral Resources   >   Research in mineral resources (MICA)

Nouvelles approches méthodologiques pour l'identification des ressources minérales et la protection de l'environnement dans l'Altiplano

Programme "Commissary General of the international relations of Belgium" (CGRI) - Ulg - Universite Tecnica de Oruro (Bolivie)

Responsable : Fernando Caceres
Contact : Eric Pirard

Institutions associées :

• Commissary General of the international relations of Belgium (CGRI)
• Universidad Tecnica de Oruro (UTO-Bolivia)

Description

This is a project of development cooperation concerning the investigation of the natural resources in the South of Bolivia.

Localization:
The zone understudied is located in the Sud Lipez province , Department of Potosi. The coordinate:
-66° 15' to -67° 00' Longitude
-21° 40' to -22° 20' Latitude

The geological maps of the region are:
6228 San Pablo de Lipez
6227/6327 Laguna Corante/Picalto
6328 Esmoraca

This data base has been realized with the support of the following bibliography :

• Ahlfeld, F., and Schneider - Scherbina, A., (1964), Los yacimientos Minerales y de Hidrocarburos de Bolivia, Departamento Nacional de Geologia, Boletin B5.
• Appleton, J.D., Ridgway,J., Claros, J., Gómez Caballero, A., Rodríguez, W., and Villaseñor, M.G., (1989), Lithogeochemical exploration for silver mineralization in Bolivia, Mexico and Peru, Transactions of the Institution of Mining & Metall, Sec.B-98, 201-212
• Avila, Salinas, (1991), Petrological and tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic volcanism in the Bolivian Western Andes, Geological Society of America, Special Paper, 265, 245-258.
• du Bray, E.A., Ludington, S., Books, W.E., Samble,B.M., Ralté, J.C., Richter, D.H., and Soria-Escalante, E., (1995), Compositional characteristics of Middle to Upper Tertiary Volcanic rocks of the Bolivian Altiplano, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2119, ?
• Kussmaul, S. Hörmann, P.K., Ploskonka, E., and Subieta, T., (1977), Volcanism and structure of southwestern Bolivia, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2, 73-111.
• Sugaki, A., Ueno, H., Shimada, N., Kitakaze, A., Hayashi, K., Snajines, O., and Velarde, O., (1986), Geological study on the ore deposits in the Sur Lipez district, Bolivia, The Science Report of the Tohoku University, Serie III-16(3), 327-352.
• Sugaki, A., Kojima, S., and Shimada, N., (1988), Fluid inclusion studies of the polymetallic hydrothermal ore deposits in Bolivia, Mineral Deposita, 23, 9-15
• U.S.Geological Survel Study Group; (1992), Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, U.S.Geological Survey Bulletin, 1975,

Geological maps	Extraction of geological limits and formation limits. Geometric correction and geo-referencing of the images.
Vectors of formations limits
Mapping of Superposed layers Geological map Satellite image	Particular Querying

Topographical Maps:
3D representation of the satellite image (Landsat TM 5) draped on the digital elevation model.

Satellite Image. Subset of a Lansat TM 5 image. Tupiza set, number:T5233074008703110, acquired the 01/31/87)	Cluster analyse
Geophysical Image Subset in the project: Mapping of an aeromagnetic survey (1) superposed on the geological map. (1) Levantamiento aeromagnetico de la cordillera occidental y altiplano, GEOBOL--BGM Airbone Surveys, Inc., 1991.	Computed interpolation (spline) map of the geophysical data after filtering

Liens

Bolivia : Bolivia com Bolivia Internet Data Center the Bolivia Statistical National Institute (INE)

GIS : ArcView Maps New Maps & Gis National Geological Data Base

Remote Sensing : EarthRise Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Envi Ermapper Ero Data Center NSSDC Photo Gallery TerraServer