Copper mining district centered around the town of Corocoro. Mineralization is hosted in late Oligocene poorly-consolidated sediments (sometimes considered to be Miocene age). Most famous to mineral collectors for its unique native copper pseudomorphs after aragonite.
Ref.: Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558; Min.Rec.: 32:469.
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Map Reference: 17°10'9"S , 68°27'4"W
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