Cerro Colorado Mine

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005980
MRDS ID BL10202
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.98811, -20.56341 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Relative position 8 KM N30E OF YONZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Comments on the location information

  • ON S FLANK OF CERRO COLORADO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADES ABOUT 10% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 87
USGS model code 23
Deposit model name Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Mark3 model number 118

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Yonza
    Rock description Yonza
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Yonza
    Rock description Yonza

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.98811, -20.56341

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Yonza

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSTILLOS CAMPOS, OSCAR JUAN, 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA PENINSULA DE YONZA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 69P., MAP 1:50,000

  • Deposit

    THESIS BY BUSTILLOS (1966

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE LESS THAN 3 CM WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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