CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
1000 Bolivia (Oruro) 18.04.06 S -- 068.09.22 W Azurita Cu; Ag
 
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): Azurita
Political location(s): Bolivia; Province or state: Oruro; Nearest community: Turco (17 km NE)
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; mineralized beds lie between two flows or sills of basalt
volcanic-associated massive sulphide; associated with mafic volcanic rocks
Geologic province: Altiplano
Commodities: Cu; Ag
Mineralization styles: stratabound replacement; fracture fillings
Geological ages: Miocene (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone-conglomerate; Depositional setting: fluvial
Individual lithologies:sandstone
conglomerate
shale (minor)
Host rock stratigraphy:Azurita Formation
Related igneous rocks: (1) volcanic; mafic volcanic rocks; Initials: Azurita Formation
Individual lithologies:basalt
Country rocks: (1) sandstone-siltstone-conglomerate
(2) mudstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:lutite (red)

(3) mafic volcanic rocks
Individual lithologies:basalt
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) mineralized beds lie between two flows or sills of basalt; five mantos are known; mineralization is coextensive with basalt over 2 km
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

Production data: Report period: from 1948 until 1962; 70,000 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 3.75 percent
Reference: Scneider-Scherbina, A., 1963: Los Yacimientos de Cobre del Altiplano Boliviano; Report, German Geological Mission to La Paz, Bolivia, Publication code MGA-44, 163 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Resource data:
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750,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4 percent
Reference: Tschanz, 1963: Personal Communication (in Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks (refno 745))
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


660,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: reserve
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.2 percent
Reference: Tschanz, 1963: Personal Communication (in Copper Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks (refno 745))
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


4,300,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.2 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1996: General Minerals Cuts New Zone in Chile; The Northern Miner, April 22 issue, p. C3
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
Associated mine(s): Azurita Mine (60)
Associated group(s): Turco Area (10)

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