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Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia

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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.



References:
Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558; Min.Rec.: 32:469.
J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922) The geology of the Corocoro Copper District of Bolivia. John Hopkins Press Studies in Geology No. 1 116p.





 Map Reference: 17°10'9"S , 68°27'4"W

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Algodonite
    (Cu
     
    1-x
    		As
     
    x
    		)
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia (USGS Bulletin no. 1975)]
  		•  Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469; Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558.]
    Site Photo
    Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558 (552).; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Geology and Mineral Resources of the Altiplano and Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia (USGS Bulletin no. 1975)]
  		•  Brochantite
    Cu
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469; Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558.]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Petrified Wood'
    Reference: [J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Chalcophyllite
    Cu
     
    18
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    9
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 33H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Connellite
    Cu
     
    19
    		[(OH)
     
    32
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|Cl
     
    4
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Associated with brochantite on cuprite and copper.
    Reference: [Georges Favreau specimen (analyzed)]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
    Site Photo
    Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: []
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Domeykite
    Cu
     
    3
    		As
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469; Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558.]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558 (552).]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Metal Mining Mining Geol., A.I.M.E. (1937): 547.]
  		•  Jamesonite
    Pb
     
    4
    		FeSb
     
    6
    		S
     
    14
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469; Metal Mining Mining Geology, A.I.M.E. (1937): 541-558.]; J. T. Singewald Jr. & Edward Berry (1922)]
  		•  Tenorite
    CuO
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [MinRec 32:469]


    29 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Bolivia
     
    • La Paz Department
      • Pacajes Province
        • Corocoro

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