Mine detail: Azurita Mine

Previously called 'Adits: PorvenirAdolfitoBaby'

Location:	Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-18.06598, -68.15562
dep_id:	10005928
mrds_id:	BL10128
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cuprite, Malachite, Tennantite, Tenorite
gangue:	Celestite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Sericite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	197: Sediment-hosted Cu
alteration:	Chlorite-Kaolinite-Carbonate Alteration Of Basalt. Sericite And Kaolinite Replace? Cement In Conglomerate
ore_ctrl:	Porosity Fractures
Reporter:	Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit:	Huayllamarca
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate,Basalt
arock_type:	Basalt
Structure:	On W Flank Of Nnw Syncline, Fractures, Small Nne Faults With About 2 M Displacement, Relation To Ore Unknown
Year first produced:	1948
disc_yr:	1948
discr:	Pablo Biggerman (Cia. Cuprifera Carangas)
References:	Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44 Deposit:: ZAPATA, H., AND DELGADILLO, H., 1968, VALUACION DE YACIMIENTOS DE COBRE (SEGUNDA PARTE) TIAHUANACU-JESUS DE MACHACA- CORQUE-TURCO: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME LP-25, 26P. Deposit:: MURILLO, J.E.,M KURONUMA, H., PREVOST, X., REVOLLO, R., AND JUAREZ, L., 1969, YACIMIENTOS DE ANTIMONIO Y COBRE: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME V-016, 55P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500. Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M., 1963, MEMORANDUM TO ALEXANDER FIRFIR, DIRECTOR, USAID BOLIVIA, ON JAPANESE INVESTMENTS IN COPPER, 3P. Deposit:: EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL FOR CU RESERVES BY CHARLES TSCHANTZ (1963) Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (ZAPATA AND DELGADILLO, 1968; MURILLO ET AL, 1969) Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990 Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA 1963) Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963) Reserve-Resource:: TSCHANZ (1963); MURILLO ET AL (1969)