Ancash
Producer

Pashpap

Ancash, Peru
MolybdenumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Materials
Ore mineralsAnhydrite, Biotite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite,Conglomerate,Quartzite,Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10400162
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.78261, 77.96147
References
www.mininglife.com\nwww.luminacopper.com\nRetrieved from the WWW 12/14/07Singer, 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 12/11/07Escarrachi, R.A., 1985, Alteration hydrothermal y mineralization del yacimiento porfidico de cobre y molibdeno de Pashpap, departamento de Ancash, Peru: Transactions of the Fourth Latin American Geological Conference, July 7-15, 1979, v. 1, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, p. 474-495Noble, D.C., and McKee, 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of Central and Northern Peru, in Skinner, E.,J., ed., Geology and ore deposits of the Central Andes: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication No. 7, p. 155-193Petersen, U., and Vidal, 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 no. 5, p. 1-18Unpublished Database, Gov. Peru