Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Orebody formVEINLETS AND STRINGERS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND BROCHANTITE IN FRACTURED QUARTZITE, DISSEMINATED CHALCOCITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Quartzite · Yura Formation, Quartzite
StructureArea Underlain Mainly By A Long Roof Pendant Or Tongue Of Quartzite Of The Yura Formation Which. In General Strikes Nw. The Quartzite Is Fractured And Gently Folded Along Axes That Plunge Flatly Se, Its Structure Seems To Be Broadly Anticlinal. Quartzite Is Intruded By Quartz Monzonite That Crops Out As Two Stock-Like Bodies And An Irregular Dike At Least 2 Km Long. The Stocks Are Elongated Approx. Parallel To Fold Axes In The Quartzite.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsLATE 19TH CENTURY
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10068921
MRDS IDW002196
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.73103, -71.43292
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 934PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 19691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972