Cuprita

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182877
MAS/MILS ID 3350250025
Record type Site
Current site name Cuprita
Alternate or previous names La Cuprita

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -68.21951, -18.14765 (WGS84)
Elevation 3880
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -68.21951, -18.14765

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 50E
    Length 1200M
    Width 60M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N00E:50E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 780615

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1911

Mining district

District name Turco

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Corp. Minera De Bolivia
    Interest 100
    Home office Bolivia
    Year 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5000M
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 200
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 310
    Operating Shifts per Day 2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN

  • Deposit

    MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 217-219, PRINTED IN BILBAO, S

  • Deposit

    IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRADE IS APPROXIMATE, COULD BE MINED AND LEACHED AS MOST MIN ARE OXIDES, SOME SMALL OPEN PITS POSSIBLE, IN 1948 BANCO MIN BOLIVIA EXPLORED AREA, ALL DATA FROM AHLFELD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-91 Ljb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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