Description
Pablo Biggerman (Cia. Cuprifera Carangas)
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlPorosity Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCuprite, Malachite, Tennantite, Tenorite
GangueCelestite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate,Basalt · Huayllamarca
Associated rockBasalt
StructureOn W Flank Of Nnw Syncline, Fractures, Small Nne Faults With About 2 M Displacement, Relation To Ore Unknown
AlterationChlorite-Kaolinite-Carbonate Alteration Of Basalt. Sericite And Kaolinite Replace? Cement In Conglomerate
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1948
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10005928
MRDS IDBL10128
Alternate namesAdits: Porvenir, Adolfito, Baby
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-18.06598, -68.15562
References
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44ZAPATA, H., AND DELGADILLO, H., 1968, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE (SEGUNDA PARTE) TIAHUANACU-JESUS DE MACHACA- CORQUE-TURCO: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-25, 26P.MURILLO, J.E.,M KURONUMA, H., PREVOST, X., REVOLLO, R., AND JUAREZ, L., 1969, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO Y COBRE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME V-016, 55P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500.TSCHANZ, C.M., 1963, MEMORANDUM TO ALEXANDER FIRFIR, DIRECTOR, USAID BOLIVIA, ON JAPANESE INVESTMENTS IN COPPER, 3P.EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL FOR CU RESERVES BY CHARLES TSCHANTZ (1963)GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO, 1968; MURILLO ET AL, 1969)VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA 1963)CIMRISCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963)TSCHANZ (1963); MURILLO ET AL (1969)