Description
British Geological Survey/ Servicio Geologico De Bolivia
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite
GangueAlbite, Barite, Chlorite, Epidote, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Prehnite
Geology
AlterationPlagioclase Sausseritised. Other Alteration Minerals Include Chlorite, Prehnite, Albite, Epidote, Barite. Weathered Gabbro Is Kaolinized.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1981
Identification
Deposit ID10006792
MRDS IDBL30396
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-18.20428, -58.24927
References
LITHERLAND, M., AND OTHERS, 1986, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OVERSEAS MEMOIR 9, 153 P.MONTEMURRO G., AND OTHERS, 1984, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL AREA DE RINCON DEL TIGRE-LA GAIBA, INSTITUTO OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNITED KINGDOM, GEOBOL, BOLIVIA , 1:250,000.CIMRI