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Origin of the Copper Ores at Corocoro, Bolivia

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Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes

Part of the book series: Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 8))

Abstract

The metallogenetic role played by the Corocoro copper mine (La Paz Department, Bolivia), formerly considered to be the most important producer of copper in Bolivia, has been emphasized by several authors in their detailed studies. This important role explains in part, why the genesis of these cupriferous ores has, in the past, led to strongly controversial discussions. Lincoln (1917), Singewaldt and Berry (1922), Brüggen (1934), Berton (1937), and more recently, Ahlfeld and Schneider-Scherbina (1964) envisaged an epigenetic origin for the copper-rich structures displayed through the mined sites. On the other hand, a syngenetic affiliation of the chalcocite-rich ores of Corocoro was invoked by, among others, Entwistle and Gouin (1955), Pelissonier (1964), Ljunggren and Meyer (1964).

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  1. Département de Minéralogie, Université de Genève, 12, rue des Maraîchers, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    Lluís Fontboté

  2. Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Christian Amstutz

  3. Gerente de Exploraciones, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, and Newmont Peru Limited, Av. José Gálvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac, Lima-San Isidro, Peru

    Miguel Cardozo

  4. Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geología, Universidad de Guanajuato, Ex-Hacienda de San Matías s/n, Apartado Postal 347, Guanajuato, Gto., 36020, Mexico

    Esteban Cedillo

  5. Programa de Geología Económica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 4107, Concepción, Chile

    José Frutos

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Avila-Salinas, W. (1990). Origin of the Copper Ores at Corocoro, Bolivia. In: Fontboté, L., Amstutz, G.C., Cardozo, M., Cedillo, E., Frutos, J. (eds) Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes. Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1_52

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