Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlContact With Overlying U. Quehua Tuff, Preferred Beds, Fractures.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
GangueCalcite, Celestite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · L Quehua
StructureAnticline, Fractures
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1964
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10107578
MRDS IDBL10036
Alternate namesEduardo AbaroaAbaroa, El Descuido
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.60505, -67.04475
References
VEDIA M., J., AND CORTEZ, J., 1966, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA EDUARDO ABAROA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-495SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA ABAROA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-24, 91P., MAPS 1:2,000, 1:500.BASSI, H.G.L., 1980, INSPECCIONES MINERAS EN DOS YACIMIENTOS CUPRIFEROS ESTRATIFORMES DEL SUROESTE DE BOLIVIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO ARGENTINO, 6TH, BAHIA BLANCA, 1975, ACTAS, V. 3, P. 13-23.GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION BY GEOBOL (1971)GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION BY GEOBOL VEDIA AND CORTEZ (1966)VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990CIMRIVEDIA AND CORTEZ (1966); BASSI (1980)BASSI (1980) P. 20