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): |
Cuprita |
Longitude / Latitude: |
-68.06444 / -18.26528 |
Political location(s): |
Bolivia; Province or state: Oruro; Nearest community: Turco (20 km SE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
continental redbed; deposits are in lenses 5 to 50 m in diameter, spaced 50 - 300 m apart |
Geologic province: |
Altiplano |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Miocene |
Tectonic setting: |
continental basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks) |
Regional tectonic structure: |
regional folding (north-trending anticline and syncline) regional faulting (northeast- and northwest-striking reverse faults) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; conglomerate (red-brown); Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bedHost rock stratigraphy: | Azurita and Huayllamarca Formations |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) deposits are in lenses 5 to 50 m in diameter, spaced 50 - 300 m apart; cuprite and native copper are disseminated in sandstone matrix |
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 |
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Resource data: |
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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. |
138,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserveGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 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): |
Cuprita Mine (62) |