Mine detail: Cerro Colorado Mine

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.56341, -67.98811
dep_id: 10005980
mrds_id: BL10202
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Malachite
work_type: Underground
model: 87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Yonza
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_unit: Yonza
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1946
disc_yr: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: BUSTILLOS CAMPOS, OSCAR JUAN, 1966, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LA PENINSULA DE YONZA: UNPUBLISHED TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, 69P., MAP 1:50,000
  • Deposit:: THESIS BY BUSTILLOS (1966
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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