Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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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 plainInternal host rock structures: | stream channels woody plant remains | Host rock stratigraphy: | Huayllamarca and Tiahuanacu Formations |
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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 |
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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) |