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 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) Middle Tertiary (host rocks) Tertiary (country rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental basin-foreland (host rocks) |
Coincident features: |
stratigraphic unconformity (Between Caquiaviri-Totora Formation and Ballivian-Huayllamarca Formation) |
Regional tectonic structure: |
diapirs (gypsum and gypsiferous shale) regional folding |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bedHost rock stratigraphy: | Ballivian (Ramos) and Huayllamarca Formations |
(2) sedimentary; evaporiteIndividual lithologies: | gypsum | Host rock stratigraphy: | Ballivian and Huayllamarca Formations |
(3) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: red bedHost rock stratigraphy: | Caquiaviri (Vetas) and Totora Formations |
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Country rocks: |
(1) redbeds (2) evaporite; (diapirs)Individual lithologies: | gypsum gypsiferous shale |
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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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Production data: |
Report period: from 1600 until 1964; 317,514.7 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 99.99 percent | weight-commodity information: | Cu: 317,514.7 metric ton | Reference: McMahon, A. D., 1965: Copper: A Materials Survey; Information Circular, United States Bureau of Mines, Publication code 8225, 340 p. Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
Report period: from 1873 until 1912; 90,000 metric ton metal; Provisional entry?: yesGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 100 percent | weight-commodity information: | Cu: 90,000 metric ton | Reference: 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 Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0% |
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. |
Estimate date: 1974; 840,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: approximate resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 3.75 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1974: Metals Sourcebook; Metals Sourcebook, January 14 issue, p. 3 Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0%
Estimate date: 1957; 680,388.6 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2.6 percent | Reference: McMahon, A. D., 1965: Copper: A Materials Survey; Information Circular, United States Bureau of Mines, Publication code 8225, 340 p. Percent weights allocated to camp: 100.0% |
Associated deposit(s): |
Pisakheri (301), Veta Verde (302), Porvenir (1035), Llallagua (1036), María Elena - Victoria (1037), Americas Unidas (1038), Transvaal (1039), Pontezuelo (1040), Cerro Wila Kkollu (1155), Asunta (1156), 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) |