Mine detail: La Granja

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Location

Lat / long:

-6.3981, -78.86646

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Andalusite, Chlorite, Diaspore, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Inca-Chulek-Pariatambo Formation
Host type:	Hornblendite,Skarn (Tactite)
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fracture Density Of 0.1 And 2 Per Cm.
Alteration processes:	Advanced Argillic (Central Zone) With Andalusite-Quartz, Andalusite-Pyrophyllite-Quartz, Andalusite-Sericite-Quartz, Diaspore-Pyrophyllite Quartz, Sericite-Pyrophyllite-Quartz With Sericite-Clay, Locally Chlorite Around It, Outside A Propylitic Zone With Chlorite, Epidote, Clinozoisite, Calcite, Anhydrite, Clay, Quartz; Local Skarn Of Garnet-Actinolite-Wollastonite-Epidote-Clinozoisite.

References

MRDS	TC40305
DEP	10065205
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, M.O., 1982, THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT LA GRANJA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.77, P. 482-488.}{Deposit:: CAMBIOR, 1994, 3RD QUARTER REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS, SEPT. 30, 1994, P. 4.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.