Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Gold, Copper
SecondaryCobalt, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cubanite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Martite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sphene, Tourmaline
Other materialsHematite
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Early Gabbro, Patap Superunt
StructureMonterrosas Fault And Coastal Batholith
AlterationActinolitization, Scaplitization, Chloritization, Epidotization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1982
Identification
Deposit ID10085151
MRDS IDW700699
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-13.98696, -75.60137
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.SIDDER, G.B., 1984, ORE GENESIS AT THE MONTERROSAS DEPOSIT IN THE COASTAL BATHOLITH, ICA PERU: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, 221 P.SIDDER, G.B., UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.PAGE, N.J, FIELD VISIT, 1983-1985.VIDAL C., C.E., ESPINOSA, J.I., SIDDER,G.B., AND MUKASA, S.B., 1990, AMPHIBOLITIC CU-FE SKARN DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, NO. 7, P. 1447-1461.NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.SIDDER, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT. NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).