Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry copper
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Diorite,Porphyry,Granodiorite,Andesite,Monzonite,Mudstone,Quartzite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10400130
Alternate namesEl Aguila
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.56043, 77.89708
References
Unpublished Database, Gov. PeruBosc, E., 1980, Aguila, in Boggio, M.S., ed., El Peru Minero, v. IV, Yacimentos: Lima, Peru, p. 11-112Petersen, U., and Vida, C.E., 1996, Magmatic and tectonic controls on the nature and distribution of copper deposits in Peru, in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R.H., and Petersen, R., eds., Andean copper deposits: new discoveries, mineralization, styles and metallogeny: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 5, p.1-18Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060(2005). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW 12/11/07