| Deposit ID | 10086935 |
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| MRDS ID | BL10129 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Veta Verde Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | San Pedro, Juliana, Carmen, Victoria, Celestina, Nuevo Corocoro, Isabel, Hephestus, Huayna Capata, Margarita, Ema, Conclusion, Yauriri |
| Geographic coordinates: | -68.40091, -17.35823 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 3950 |
| Relative position | 15.5KM N20W OF CALLAPA, 144 KM BY ROAD FROM LA PAZ |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country |
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| Bolivia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Result | ORE ANALYSES LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963): 0.05 TO 36.5% CU 0.8 TO 14.8% PB 16 TO 65 G/MT AG 26.1% FE 0.05% AS. ANALYSES BY SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963): IN OXIDE ZONE: 2.05% CU O.6% PB 14 G/T AG |
|---|---|
| Result | SULFIDE ZONE: 5.35% CU OVER 0.5 M |
| Model code | 197 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30b |
| Deposit model name | Sediment-hosted Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 63 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Totora;Huayllamarca |
| Rock description | Totora;Huayllamarca |
| (1) | -68.40091, -17.35823 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On W Flank Of Faulted Anticline (Same Structure As At Corocoro) |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Vertical Fractures |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
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| Strike | N40W |
| Dip | 50 TO 90 SW |
| Length | 2500M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Spanish Colonists |
| Ownership category | Federal |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Veta Verde United Copper Ltda. (Lucio Calderia) |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1939-1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CONS | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^13.92% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1957-1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CONS | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^16.56% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1921-1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CONS | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^15.20% Cu | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 50000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL10129 |
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44
LOPEZ A., H., AND MURILLO V., J., 1963, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA VETA VERDE: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA INFORME DNG-M-243, 13P., MAP 1:25,000
MEYER, H.C., AND MURILLO, J.E., 1961, INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS EN LA FAJA CUPRIFERA ALTIPLANICA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 1, 49P.
GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (LOPEZ AND MURILLO, 1963)
GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963)
CIMRI
SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963); LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963); MEYER AND MURILLO (1961)
LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 4 MANTOS WHICH OUTCROP OVER A DISTANCE OF 2.5 KM. LENSES OF GALENA ARE UP TO 0.5 M THICK AND ARE FOUND IN SOUTH END OF THE DEPOSIT. CHALCOCITE AND BORNITE REPLACE ANHYDRITE CEMENT IN SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE. TOTORA FORMATION HOSTS CHALCOCITE, NATIVE CU, MALACHITE, AZURITE, AS AND AG MINERALS, GALENA, AND MN OXIDES. HUAYLLAMARCA FORMATION HOSTS CUPRITE, NATIVE CU, MALACHITE, AND DOMEYKITE MINERALIZATION AND IS LOWER IN GRADE. SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS ARE FOUND IN VERTICAL FRACTURES AROUND OREBODIES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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