Mine detail: Quevalleco

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Location: Moquegua, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.09768, -70.61624
dep_id: 10064049
mrds_id: TC38213
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
alteration: Elliptical In Shape With 2.3 X 3.5 Dimension. Principal Alterations: Potassic, Quartz Sericitic Or Phyllic And Propylitic, Concentric Disposition.
Reporter: Restrepo, Pedro
hrock_type: Tonalite
arock_type: Dacite
Structure: Homocline N10w, 12sw.
disc_yr: 1870
discr: Antonio Raimondi
References:
  • Deposit:: BOGGIO, M.S., 1985, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY, INGEMMET V. 3, P. 188
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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