Cerro Bonete (Lipez)

This article is about the Bolivian volcano. For the Argentinian mountain, see Cerro Bonete.

Cerro Bonete is a volcano in Sur Lipez. It is part of the Cordillera de Lipez and is 5,630 metres (18,470 ft) high.[1] The volcano is of Miocene age and formed by potassium-rich felsic rocks.[2] It is associated with the 15 mya South Lípez ignimbrites.[3]

Volcanism in the area occurred in two phases, an earlier andesitic phase called the Rondal formation and during the Quechua orogeny a second phase associated with rhyodacite forming lava domes, lava flows and pyroclastic flows (up to 700 metres (2,300 ft) thick). The formation of the massif was preceded by the eruption of dacitic ignimbrite 15 mya. These structures are mined, with mines including the Bolivar and Lipẽna mines.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Blacutt, William Paulo. "Risk and reward of investing in mining of polymetallic vein deposits in the Bolivian Altiplano.". arizona.openrepository.com. The University of Arizona. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Pinto, Luisa; Hérail, Gérard; Moine, Bernard; Fontan, François; Charrier, Reynaldo; Dupré, Bernard (April 2004). "Using geochemistry to establish the igneous provenances of the Neogene continental sedimentary rocks in the Central Depression and Altiplano, Central Andes". Sedimentary Geology. 166 (1-2): 157–183. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.12.002. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ↑ CAFFE, P. J. (1 May 2002). "Petrogenesis of Early Neogene Magmatism in the Northern Puna; Implications for Magma Genesis and Crustal Processes in the Central Andean Plateau". Journal of Petrology. 43 (5): 907–942. doi:10.1093/petrology/43.5.907. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Bailly, Laurent. "Space-time evolution of the hydrothermal activity in a volcanic dome : the Cerro Bonete epithermal type mineralizations (Bolivia)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Fornari, Michel; Pozzo, L.; Soler, Pierre; Bailly, L.; Leroy, J.L.; Bonhomme, M.G. (September 1993). "Miocene volcanic centers in the Southern Altiplano of Bolivia : the cerro Morokho and cerro Bonete area (sur Lipez)" (PDF). Andean Geodynamics: Extended Abstracts: 363–366. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

See also

Coordinates: 21°45′S 66°29′W / 21.750°S 66.483°W / -21.750; -66.483


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