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Cerro Colorado 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10005903
MRDS ID BL10087
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado Mine
Alternate or previous names Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.41642, -21.61839 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Relative position 2 KM N50E OF ESTANCIA MORRO

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSES BY GEOBOL (1971): AVERAGE 1.40% CU OVER O.3 CM, RANGE 0.21 TO 7.89% 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name San Vicente
    Rock description San Vicente
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.41642, -21.61839
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Preferred Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa Minera Serrania De Las Minas

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 312M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • ACQUIRED BY COOPERATIVA MINERA SERRANIA DE LAS MINAS IN 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA CERRO COLORADO: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-38, 10P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:500

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANTOS ARE ORIENTED N25 TO 30E 60 TO 65SE AND ARE 2 TO 36 CM THICK. ARE TWO VEINS, ONE N75W 29N 33 TO 38 CM WIDE, THE OTHER N84W 29N 2 TO 20 CM WIDE. PLACER CONSISTS OF COLUVIUM WITH 20 TO 30 CM CLASTS OF CHALCOCITE-MALACHITE ORE IN 1.5 TO 2 M THICK BEDS. COPPER MINERALS REPLACE SERICITE-HEMATITE.

Reporter information

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

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