Mine detail: Avaroa Mine

Previously called 'Eduardo AbaroaEl Descuido'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.60505, -67.04475

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue: Calcite, Celestite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1963

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1964

Geology

Host rock:L Quehua
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Anticline, Fractures

References

MRDSBL10036
DEP10107578
Reference{Deposit:: VEDIA M., J., AND CORTEZ, J., 1966, INFORME SOBRE ORIENTACION TECNICA MINA CUPRIFERA EDUARDO ABAROA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-495}{Deposit:: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA ABAROA: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-24, 91P., MAPS 1:2,000, 1:500.}{Deposit:: BASSI, H.G.L., 1980, INSPECCIONES MINERAS EN DOS YACIMIENTOS CUPRIFEROS ESTRATIFORMES DEL SUROESTE DE BOLIVIA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO ARGENTINO, 6TH, BAHIA BLANCA, 1975, ACTAS, V. 3, P. 13-23.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION BY GEOBOL (1971)}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION BY GEOBOL VEDIA AND CORTEZ (1966)}{Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VEDIA AND CORTEZ (1966); BASSI (1980)}{Reserve-Resource:: BASSI (1980) P. 20}
ReporterLong, Keith R.; Camacho M., Eduardo; Hinojosa, A.