CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1071 Bolivia (Potosi) 21.39.19 S -- 067.07.04 W El Morro Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): El Morro
Political location(s): Bolivia; Province or state: Potosi
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; disseminated chalcocite, malachite, and azurite in mantos
Geologic province: Altiplano
Geologic subprovince: Uyuni Domain
Geologic district: Sud Lípez
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: stratabound replacement; vein(s)
Geological ages: Oligocene - Middle Miocene (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland; Formal name: Altiplano (host rocks)
Regional tectonic structure: regional folding (northeast-trending anticlines and synclines)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Lower Quehua Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated chalcocite, malachite, and azurite in mantos; several mantos 10 to 45 cm thick strike 290 and dip 7-8 degrees NE (originally entered as NW); lower part of formation
References:
Cox, D. P.; Carrasco, R.; André-Tamos, O.; Hinojosa-Velasco, A.; Long, K. R., 1992
Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks
Section Geology of Known Mineral Deposits, in Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Edited by United States Geological Survey; Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, 1975, 365 p., 8 maps, p. 95 - 108

Long, K. R., 1992
Mines, Prospects, and Mineral Occurrences, Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia
Appendix A, in Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Edited by United States Geological Survey; Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, 1975, 365 p., 8 maps, p. 244 - 272

Richter, D. H.; Luddington, S.; Soria-Escalante, E., 1992
Geological Setting
in Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Edited by United States Geological Survey; Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, 1975, 365 p., 8 maps, p. 14 - 24

Resource data:
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3,034 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.09 percent
Reference: Cox, D. P.; Carrasco, R.; André-Tamos, O.; Hinojosa-Velasco, A.; Long, K. R., 1992: Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks; Section Geology of Known Mineral Deposits, in Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia, Edited by United States Geological Survey; Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, Bulletin, U.S. Geological Survey, 1975, 365 p., 8 maps, p. 95 - 108
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated mine(s): El Morro Mine (81)
Associated group(s): Avaroa Area (16)

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