Commodities
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite
AlterationThe Common Ore Consists Of Laminae Of Magnetite Which Are Greatly Altered On The Surface.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10093756
MRDS IDW026873
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-12.46452, -75.53303
References
ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION, P. 67-68.