Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryLead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueEpidote, Garnet
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Granite
StructureOval Stock (Medium- To Fine-Grained White Granite) About 900 M Long In A N-S Direction By About 500 M Wide Intrudes Folded Limestone Of Probable Early Cretaceous Age. The Limestone Is Overlain By Sandstone At The Nw Edge Of Mapped Area. Limestone Structure 'Appears' To Form A Steeplimbed North-Trending Anticline Slightly Overturned To The East. Bedding At Least Along East And West Sides Of Stock Is Roughly Parallel To The Intrusive Contact.
Tectonic settingAndean Cordillera
AlterationGranite Altered (Kaolinized?) And Laced With Fractured Stained By Iron Oxide. An Aureole Of Garnet-Epidote Tactite Or Skarn 2-30 M Wide Has Developed In The Limestone At The Granite Contact, And Some Of The Limestone Beds Are Altered For As Much As Several Hundred Meters From The Contact.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Identification
Deposit ID10068924
MRDS IDW002199
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-15.28108, -73.89966
References
SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 960PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969CABIESES E. J.; 1976; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, COD. B6972.RIVERA GUILLEN, N.; 1974; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU; COD. B3088, B6704.GIRARD, P. D., 1976; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU; COD. B2963.1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REPF. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.COMPANY REPORTS. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972