CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
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): Transvaal
Longitude / Latitude: -68.45444 / -17.12444
Political location(s): Bolivia; Province or state: La Paz; Nearest community: Corocoro (5 km NNW)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; stratabound copper mineralization in a manto 0.45 cm thick
Geologic province: Altiplano
Geologic subprovince: Ulloma Domain
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: stratabound replacement
Geological ages: Eocene (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks)
Regional tectonic structure: diapirs (adjacent to large gypsum diapir )
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Ballivian (Ramos) Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) stratabound copper mineralization in a manto 0.45 cm thick; bedding strikes 350 degrees and dips 45 NE
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

Associated mine(s): Transvaal Mine (6)

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