Mine detail: Azurita Mine

Previously called 'Adits: PorvenirAdolfitoBaby'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.06598, -68.15562

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Cuprite, Malachite, Tennantite, Tenorite
Gangue: Celestite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Sericite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1948

Geology

Host rock:Huayllamarca
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate,Basalt
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:On W Flank Of Nnw Syncline, Fractures, Small Nne Faults With About 2 M Displacement, Relation To Ore Unknown
Alteration processes:Chlorite-Kaolinite-Carbonate Alteration Of Basalt. Sericite And Kaolinite Replace? Cement In Conglomerate

References

MRDSBL10128
DEP10005928
Reference{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)}
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