America Unidas Mine

Producer in La Paz, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107586
MRDS ID BL10130
Record type Site
Current site name America Unidas Mine
Alternate or previous names America

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.47063, -17.12324 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 1 KM N25W OF COROCORO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia La Paz

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result GEOCHEMICAL SOIL SURVEY FOR CU BY BERNAL (1979). ANALYSES BY GEOBOL: 3.15 TO 18.7% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.47063, -17.12324

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N30 TO 40W
    Dip 40 TO 60SW
    Thickness 4M
    Length 2500M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cu Minerals Replace Fossil Plant Matter

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERNAL, RUBEN SANDY, 1979, MINERALIZACION DE COBRE Y PETROGRAFIA DE LA REGION COROCORO NORTE (ENTRE MINEAS AMERICAS UNIDAS Y ANACONDA): UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOSCIENCIAS, 84 P., 1:10,000

  • Deposit

    THESIS BY BERNAL (1979)

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 19 MANTOS. MANTOS ARE UP TO 4 M THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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