La Paz
Producer

Corocoro District

La Paz, Bolivia
CopperSilverZincLead
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Description

Native Americans

Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
TertiaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlPreferred Beds In Cuvette Depressions On Flanks Of Anticlines
Materials
Ore mineralsAtacamite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Conichalcite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Tenorite
GangueAlunite, Anhydrite, Aragonite, Barite, Celestite, Chalcedony, Dioptase, Gypsum, Halite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Nontronite, Olivine, Pyrite, Selenite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate · Ballivian;Caquiaviri
StructureCorocoro Fault, Trending N 10 Deg W And Dipping Nearly Vertical, Separates Parallel Vetas Beds From Ramos Bed With About 100 M Displacement. Gaullatiri Thrust Fault Cuts All., Faulted Anticline, Perhaps Related To Gypsum Diapirism
Tectonic settingMolasse Basin
AlterationSome Bleaching Around Ore In Older Ramos Beds But None Around Ore Bodies In Vetas Beds. Ore Is Oxidized To 60 M Depth.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Last production1986
Discovery year1540
Identification
Deposit ID10068795
MRDS IDW002046
Alternate namesMines: Buen Pastos, Capilla, Challcoma, Copacabana, Estrella, Guallatiri, Libertad, Malcocoya, Remedios, San Angel, San Augustin, San Geronimo, Santa Rita, Santa Rosa, Tancani, Viscachani, Yanabarra
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-17.16685, -68.45063
References
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