Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBiotite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdomenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite,Diorite,Granite
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10400163
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates13.92941, 75.35045
References
Page, N.J., Huanqui, F., Leamec, R.E., and Caballero, A., 1988, Map showing geology and rock geochemistry of the Puquio porphyry copper prospect, Santiago De Cocorvos Quadrangle, Peru: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous field studies maps, 2 sheetsLong, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68Singer, 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