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Copacabana Mine

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005908
MRDS ID BL10094
Record type Site
Current site name Copacabana Mine
Alternate or previous names Huallpa Coya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.44892, -21.68922 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100
Relative position 6.5 KM N25E OF COMUNIDAD MALLCU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG IS FOR NORTHERN ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY GEOBOL (1971): 0.1 TO 19.4% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name San Vicente Member 2
    Rock description San Vicente Member 2
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.44892, -21.68922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Serrania De Las Minas

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Comments on development

  • WAS WORKED AS HUALLPA CKOYA MINE BY EMPRESA LIPEZ MINING CO. 1966 TO 1969.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA COPACABANA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-41, 19P., MAPS 1:20,000; 1:5,000; 1:200

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE E-W, VERTICAL AND 0.05 TO 0.15 M WIDE. MANTOS STRIKE N30E AND ARE 0.1 TO 1 M THICK. VEINS CARRY CHALCOCITE-BORNITE-MALACHITE-CHRYSOCOLLA. MANTOS CONSIST OF VEINLEST OF MALACHITE-CHRYSOCOLLA GRADING ABOUT 2% CU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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