Mine detail: Puqio Porphyry Copper Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.88113, -75.36637

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1982

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Puquio Porphyry
Host type:	Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rock:	Tiabaya Superunit;Nazca Group;Yura Group;Yura Group
Associated type:	Quartzite,Sandstone,Limestone,Andesite
Structure:	N10-20e Set Of Faults That Break Porphyry System Into Grabens And Horsts
Tectonic:	Arequipa Segment Of The Coastal Batholith

References

MRDS	TC39218
DEP	10064744
Reference	{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, HUANGUI, F., LEARNED, R.E., CABALLERO, A., AND GUISADO, E., 1988, MAP SHOWING GEOLOGY AND ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PUQUIO PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT, SANTIAGO DE CHOCORVOS QUADRANGLE, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FILLD STUDIES MAP MF-1924, 2 SHEETS}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.