Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Model197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlMedium Grain Sandstone Is Good Host Rock, Fine Grained Sandstone A Poor Host
Materials
Ore mineralsBrochantite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueGypsum, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Totora
StructureOn E Flank Of Nnw Syncline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107585
MRDS IDBL10125
Alternate namesElena, Victoria
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.0799, -68.67869
References
TERRAZAS R., JAIME, 1975, GEOLOGIA Y PROSPECCION MINERA DEL AREA DE MARIA ELENA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, FACULTAD DE GEOLOGIA, 90P., MAP 1:50,000.LOPEZ A., H., AND MURILLO, C., 1963, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA DE COBRE VICTORIA Y ELENA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-225, 5P.VARGAS, W., 1967, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE, PRIMERA PARTE (COROCORO-GUAQUI): SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-24, MAP 1:1,000.GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (LOPEZ AND MURILLO, 1963; VARGAS, 1967)THESIS BY TERRAZAS (1975)CIMRI