Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Skarn (Tactite),Granodiorite,Andesite,Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10400158
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates8.01079, 77.97037
References
Type 21aMap Number 249Anonymous, 2001, Magistral drilling pulls high-grade copper: The Northern Miner, August 27-September ?, p. 11Heintze, L., 1985, Geologie und Geochemie der Porphyryshen Stockwerk-Molybdan-Lagerstatte Tambora Zone la Negra (Peru): Geologisches Yahrbuch, Reihe D., Hf. 72, 94 p.Chadwick, J., 2001, Andean action: Mining Magazine, v. 184, no. 5, p. 234-247Unpublished database, Gov. PeruSinger, 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 on 12/11/07