Corona De Espa?a Mine

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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086937
MRDS ID BL10136
Record type Site
Current site name Corona De Espa?a Mine
Alternate or previous names Adits: Agustin, Quinaya, Abertsio, San Luis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.14951, -18.12265 (WGS84)
Elevation 3950
Relative position 5 KM NE OF TURCO, 168 KM BY ROAD FROM ORURO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Of Grey Sandstone

Analytical data

Result BARRIOS AND PREVOST (1969): AVG 5.02% CU OVER 0.5 M. ORE 2.16 TO 9.22% CU OVER 10 TO 97 CM. DUMPS 4.91 TO 5.24% CU. CONS 16.4 TO 30.28% CU. TAILS 3.20% 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Turco
    Rock description Turco
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Turco
    Rock description Turco

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.14951, -18.12265

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N47W
    Dip 15 TO 73 NE
    Length 200M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Preferred Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Spanish Colonists

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Raimundo Quinaya V.

Comments on the production information

  • MONTHLY PRODUCTION IN 1969 30 QUINTALS OF 17 TO 30% CU CONCENTRATES

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 4230000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.25 wt-pct Copper Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE IN SIGHT ONLY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 57M
    Overall depth 13M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, SEVERAL ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARRIOS, J., AND PREVOST, X., 1969, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA CORONA DE ESPA%A: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-648, 5P

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (BARRIOS AND PREVOST, 1969

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BARRIOS AND PREVOST (1969)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARE 5 TO 6 MANTOS, 3 HAVE BEEN WORKED. MANTOS NORMALLY 10 TO 20 M LONG, 38 M MAX, AVERAGE 0.46 M THICK RANGING 0.2 TO 1 M THICK. ORE OCCURS AS SMALL NODULES, DENDRITES, AND BANDS. PRIMARY NATIVE CU ORE OXIDIZED TO 30-50 M DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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