CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
4 Bolivia 17.15.00 S -- 068.30.00 W Corocoro Area 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 group name(s): Corocoro Area
Political location(s): Bolivia
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Geologic province: Altiplano
Geologic subprovince: Ulloma Domain
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Early Tertiary (host rocks)
Middle Tertiary (host rocks)
Tertiary (country rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland (host rocks)
Coincident features: stratigraphic unconformity (Between Caquiaviri-Totora Formation and Ballivian-Huayllamarca Formation)
Regional tectonic structure: diapirs (gypsum and gypsiferous shale)
regional folding
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bed
Host rock stratigraphy:Ballivian (Ramos) and Huayllamarca Formations

(2) sedimentary; evaporite
Individual lithologies:gypsum
Host rock stratigraphy:Ballivian and Huayllamarca Formations

(3) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bed
Host rock stratigraphy:Caquiaviri (Vetas) and Totora Formations
Country rocks: (1) redbeds
(2) evaporite; (diapirs)
Individual lithologies:gypsum
gypsiferous shale
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

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

Production data: Report period: from 1600 until 1964; 317,514.7 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 99.99 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 317,514.7 metric ton
Reference: McMahon, A. D., 1965: Copper: A Materials Survey; Information Circular, United States Bureau of Mines, Publication code 8225, 340 p.
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%



Report period: from 1873 until 1912; 90,000 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 100 percent
weight-commodity information:Cu: 90,000 metric ton
Reference: Flint, S. S., 1989: Sediment-Hosted Stratabound Copper Deposits of the Central Andes; in Sediment Hosted Stratiform Cu Deposits, Ottawa, May 1986, Edited by Boyle, R. W.; Brown, A. C.; Jefferson, C. W.; Jowett, E. C.; Kirkham, R. V., Special Paper, Geological Association of Canada, 36, 710 p, p. 371 - 398
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 1974; 840,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: approximate resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.75 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1974: Metals Sourcebook; Metals Sourcebook, January 14 issue, p. 3
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%


Estimate date: 1957; 680,388.6 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.6 percent
Reference: McMahon, A. D., 1965: Copper: A Materials Survey; Information Circular, United States Bureau of Mines, Publication code 8225, 340 p.
Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
Associated deposit(s): Pisakheri (301), Veta Verde (302), Porvenir (1035), Llallagua (1036), María Elena - Victoria (1037), Americas Unidas (1038), Transvaal (1039), Pontezuelo (1040), Cerro Wila Kkollu (1155), Asunta (1156), Toledo (1212), Tancani - Libertad (1213), Challcoma (1214), Buen Pastor (1215), Capilla (1216), Copacabana - 6 (1217), Estrella (1218), Guallatiri (1219), Malcocoya (1220), Remedios (1221), San Angel (1222), San Agustin (1223), San Geronimo (1224), Santa Rita (1225), Santa Rosa (1226), Viscachani (1227), Yanabarra (1228)

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