Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
TertiaryLead, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate · Totora;Huayllamarca
StructureOn W Flank Of Faulted Anticline (Same Structure As At Corocoro), Vertical Fractures
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10086935
MRDS IDBL10129
Alternate namesIsabel, Hephestus, Huayna Capata, Margarita, Ema, Conclusion, Yauriri, Nuevo Corocoro, San Pedro, Juliana, Carmen, Victoria, Celestina
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.35823, -68.40091
References
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44LOPEZ A., H., AND MURILLO V., J., 1963, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA VETA VERDE: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-243, 13P., MAP 1:25,000LJUNGGREN, P., AND MEYER, H.C., 1964, THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE COROCORO BASIN, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, P. 110-125.MEYER, H.C., AND MURILLO, J.E., 1961, INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS EN LA FAJA CUPRIFERA ALTIPLANICA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 1, 49P.GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (LOPEZ AND MURILLO, 1963)GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963)CIMRISCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963); LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963); MEYER AND MURILLO (1961)