CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
302 Bolivia / Bolivia 17.21.38 S -- 068.24.05 W Veta Verde Cu; Ag; Pd
 
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): Veta Verde
Political location(s): Bolivia; Nearest community: Comunidad Choque Puju (4 km W)
Bolivia; Nearest community: Corocoro (25 km SW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in sandstone
Geologic province: Altiplano
Geologic subprovince: Ulloma Domain
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Pd
Mineralization styles: replacement
Geological ages: Early Miocene - Middle Miocene (host rocks)
Middle Miocene - Late Miocene (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland (host rocks)
Coincident features: stratigraphic unconformity (Totoro and Ballivian formations)
Regional tectonic structure: diapirs (large diapir of gypsum and shale)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Totora Formation

(2) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate
Host rock stratigraphy:Huayllamarca Formation
Mineralogy: (mineralization): chalcocite, native copper, native silver, arsenides, cuprite, domeykite, bornite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in sandstone
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

Ljunggren, P., 1964
The Copper Mineralization in the Corocoro Basin, Bolivia
Economic Geology, Volume 59, p. 110 - 125

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

Production data: Report period: from 1948 until 1962; 70,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.5 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%



Report period: from 1921 until 1962; 769 metric ton concentrate; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 15.2 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%
Resource data:
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50,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.5 percent
Reference: Scneider-Scherbina, A., 1963: Los Yacimientos de Cobre del Altiplano Boliviano; Report, German Geological Mission to La Paz, Bolivia, Publication code MGA-44, 163 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated mine(s): Veta Verde Mine (37)
Associated group(s): Corocoro Area (4)

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