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 name(s): |
Aguilar |
Political location(s): |
Bolivia; Province or state: Potosi; Nearest community: San Pablo de Lopez (56 km W) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; chalcocite, bornite, malachite, and chrysocolla are disseminated in a manto |
Geologic province: |
Cordillera Occidental/Avaroa Area |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Oligocene (host rocks) |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcocite, bornite, malachite, and chrysocolla are disseminated in a manto; capped by shale, 50 cm thick; on a flank of a broad anticline in lower part of formation |
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 |
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Production data: |
5 metric ton concentrate; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: MGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 15 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% |
Associated mine(s): |
Aguilar Mine (84) |
Associated group(s): |
Avaroa Area (16) |