Mine detail: Veta Verde Mine

Previously called 'Nuevo CorocoroIsabelHephestusHuayna CapataMargaritaEmaConclusionYauririSan PedroJulianaCarmenVictoriaCelestina'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.35823, -68.40091

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Arsenic
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Totora;Huayllamarca
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:On W Flank Of Faulted Anticline (Same Structure As At Corocoro), Vertical Fractures

References

MRDSBL10129
DEP10086935
Reference{Deposit:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1963, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE CU DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA INFORME 44}{Deposit:: 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}{Deposit:: LJUNGGREN, P., AND MEYER, H.C., 1964, THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE COROCORO BASIN, BOLIVIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, P. 110-125.}{Deposit:: MEYER, H.C., AND MURILLO, J.E., 1961, INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS EN LA FAJA CUPRIFERA ALTIPLANICA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 1, 49P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (LOPEZ AND MURILLO, 1963)}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY MISION ALEMANA EN BOLIVIA (SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, 1963)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA (1963); LOPEZ AND MURILLO (1963); MEYER AND MURILLO (1961)}
ReporterLong, Keith R.