CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit group number Country Location Names Commodities
6 Bolivia 16.37.00 S -- 068.45.00 W San Sylvestre 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): San Sylvestre 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)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland (host rocks)
Regional tectonic structure: anticlinorium (northwest-striking)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Depositional setting: alluvial plain
Internal host rock structures:stream channels
woody plant remains
Host rock stratigraphy:Huayllamarca and Tiahuanacu Formations
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

Associated deposit(s): Ana Maria (1005), Vatutin (1006), La Incognita (1007), María Elena (1008), Palmira (1009), La Casualidad (1010), San Silvestre (1011), Tres Amigos (1014), Virgen De Fatima (1015), Virgen De Copacabana (1137), Emusa (1138), El Coreanito (1139), Santa Lucia (1140), Santa Cruz (1141), Jankho Kkollu (1144), Calluma (1145), Siempre Adelante (1146), Santa María (1230), Cobre Chaca (1231), San Francisco (1232)

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