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): |
Corocoro District; Corocoro Area |
Political location(s): |
Bolivia; Nearest community: La Paz (130 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Geologic province: |
Altiplano |
Geologic subprovince: |
Ulloma Domain |
Geologic district: |
Ferrocarriles del Estrado |
Commodities: |
Cu; Ag |
Geological ages: |
Eocene (host rocks) Late Oligocene - Miocene (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental-foreland (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
stratigraphic unconformity (Between Caquiaviri (Vetas) Formation and Ballivian (Ramos) Formation) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-siltstone (limonitic)Individual lithologies: | lutite shale shale | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ballivian (Ramos) Formation |
(2) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bedIndividual lithologies: | sandstone (tan to red) conglomerate (local opal and chalcedony clasts) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Caquiaviri (Vetas) Formation |
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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 |
Davidson, C. F., 1965 |
A Possible Mode of Origin of Strata-Bound Copper Ores |
Economic Geology, Volume 60, p. 942 - 954 |
Entwistle, L. P., 1955 |
The Chalcocite-Ore Deposits at Corocoro, Bolivia |
Economic Geology, Volume 50, p. 555 - 570 |
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 |
Gustafson, L. B.; Williams, N., 1981 |
Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Deposits of Copper, Lead, and Zinc |
in Economic Geology, 75th Anniversary Volume (1905-1980), Edited by Skinner, B. J., Economic Geology and the Society of Economic Geologists, 964 p, p. 139 - 178 |
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 |
Pelissonnier, H., 1964 |
Structure Geologique et Genese du Gisement de Cuivre de Corocoro (Bolivie) |
Bulletin de la Societé Geologique de France, Volume 6, p. 502 - 514 |
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 |
Singewald, J. T., 1933 |
Corocoro Copper District, Bolivia |
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 449 - 457 |
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Production data: |
Report period: until 1952; 7,000,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yesWeight-commodity information: | Cu: 500,000 metric ton | Reference: 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 Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0% |
Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
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. |
427,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 4.11 percent | Reference: 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 Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
840,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.75 percent | Reference: 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 Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0% |
Associated deposit(s): |
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) |