| Deposit ID | 10005928 |
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| MRDS ID | BL10128 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Azurita Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Adits: Porvenir, Adolfito, Baby |
| Geographic coordinates: | -68.15562, -18.06598 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 4100 |
| Relative position | 5 KM W OF ESTANCIA HUAYLLA PUCARA, 17 KM NE OF TURCO, 163 KM (5 HRS) BY ROAD FROM ORURO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Oruro(province)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | Oruro |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Celestite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE ANALYSES BY ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO (1968): 1.01 TO 5.49% CU OVER 1 TO 2.06 M. GRAB SAMPLES 10.27 TO 11.19% CU. |
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| Model code | 197 |
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| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Huayllamarca |
| Rock description | Huayllamarca |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -68.15562, -18.06598 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | On W Flank Of Nnw Syncline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fractures, Small Nne Faults With About 2 M Displacement, Relation To Ore Unknown |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1948 |
| Discoverer | Pablo Biggerman (Cia. Cuprifera Carangas) |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Ownership category | Federal |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Nicolas Mihaic |
| Year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1948 To 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 250000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 500000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 660000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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| Area | 0.71HA |
| Length | 1580M |
| Overall depth | 120M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL10128 |
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44
ZAPATA, H., AND DELGADILLO, H., 1968, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE (SEGUNDA PARTE) TIAHUANACU-JESUS DE MACHACA- CORQUE-TURCO: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-25, 26P.
MURILLO, J.E.,M KURONUMA, H., PREVOST, X., REVOLLO, R., AND JUAREZ, L., 1969, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO Y COBRE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME V-016, 55P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500.
TSCHANZ, C.M., 1963, MEMORANDUM TO ALEXANDER FIRFIR, DIRECTOR, USAID BOLIVIA, ON JAPANESE INVESTMENTS IN COPPER, 3P.
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL FOR CU RESERVES BY CHARLES TSCHANTZ (1963)
GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO, 1968; MURILLO ET AL, 1969)
VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990
GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA 1963)
CIMRI
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963)
TSCHANZ (1963); MURILLO ET AL (1969)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANTO 0 NOT WORKED AND POORLY EXPOSED. MANTO 1 140 BY 150 M, 1.6 M THICK MINED TO 120 M DEPTH. MANTO 2 IS 75 M LONG WORKED TO 60 M DEPTH. MANTOS 3 AND 4 NOT EXPOSED NOR WORKED. MINERALIZATION EXTENDS 1000 M ALONG STRIKE, DISSAPEARS UNDER BASALT TO NORTH, THINS OUT TO SOUTH. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A MINERALIZED COARSE GRAINED SANDSTONE TO CONGLOMERATE SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO MINERALIZED AND ALTERED BASALT FLOWS. SEDIMENTS ARE A FLUVIAL FACIES WITHIN A LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE. MINERALIZATION IN CONGLOMERATE CONSISTS OF A SERICITE-KAOLINITE MATRIX WITH NODULES AND POCKETS OF CU MINERALS. IN SANDSTONES CU MINERALS FOLLOW STRATIFICATION. ALL SEDIMENTS ARE CUT BY MINERALIZED SUBVERTICAL FRACTURES FILLED BY CUPRITE-TENNANTITE-CELESTITE?, INCLUDING SHALE BEDS. BASALT IS INTENSELY ALTERED BY CHLORITE-KAOLINITE-CARBONATE AND HOSTS IMPREGNATIONS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS OF CUPRITE. NATIVE CU REPLACED CALCITE CEMENT, CHRYSOCOLLA REPLACES MATRIX OF BASALT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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