CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Pontezuelo
Longitude / Latitude: -68.46111 / -17.11250
Political location(s): Bolivia; Province or state: La Paz; Nearest community: Corocoro (6 km N)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; chalcocite, azurite and malachite as replacement of organic matter in sandstone
Geologic province: Altiplano
Geologic subprovince: Ulloma Domain
Commodities: Cu
Mineralization styles: replacement
Geological ages: Miocene (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks)
Coincident features: organic matter
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Totora Formation
Mineralogy: (mineralization): chalcocite, azurite, malachite
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) chalcocite, azurite and malachite as replacement of organic matter in sandstone; mantos, 0.6 to 1.5 m thick, strike 150-160 degrees and dip 50-65 SW
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

Associated mine(s): Pontezuelo Mine (7)

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