Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlStrongest Mineralization Adjacent To Transverse Fissures In Disseminated Deposits In Quartzites. Few Deposits Along Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsLimonite, Malachite
Geology
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationHost Rock Has Been Intensely Altered.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10068771
MRDS IDW002021
Alternate namesChapi Mine
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.7477, -71.33292
References
U.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1970 PERU PREPRINTPERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969SIMONS, F.S., 1960, COMPILATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 906-911.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORU.S.B.M. MINERALS YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4 P. 588