Mine detail: Eliana Deposit

Previously called 'San Martin Manto'

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Location: Ica, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -13.78919, -75.88638
dep_id: 10064312
mrds_id: TC38640
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Albite, Hornblende, Magnetite, Rutile, Scapolite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, VEINS
alteration: Actinolite + Epidote + Scapolite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Eliana Gabbrodiorite
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: VIDAL, C., C.E., INJOQUE-ESPINOZA, J., SIDDER, J., G.B., AND MUKASA, S.B., 1990, AMPHIBOLITIC CU-FE SKARN DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1447-1461.
  • Deposit:: BELLIDO, E. AND DE MONTRIEL, L.; 1972. ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU: LIMA, OCTUBRE.
  • Deposit:: VIDAL, C.; 1980. MINERAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERUVIAN COASTAL BATHOLITH AND ITS VOLCANIC COUNTRY: SET.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: VIDAL C. AND OTHERS (1990).
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