Mine detail: Puqio Porphyry Copper Prospect

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Location: Huancavelica, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -13.88113, -75.36637
dep_id: 10064744
mrds_id: TC39218
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
conc_proc: Removed If It Existed By Erosion Pre Nazca Deposition
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Puquio Porphyry
hrock_type: Diorite,Plutonic Rock
arock_unit: Tiabaya Superunit;Nazca Group;Yura Group;Yura Group
arock_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
disc_yr: 1982
discr: Centromin Geologist
References:
  • 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
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