Mine detail: Chalcobamba Copper Deposit - 29

Previously called 'Las Bambas ChalcobambaFerrobambaCharcas-Sulfobamba'

Location:	Apurimac, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-14.04779, -72.36629
dep_id:	10068756
mrds_id:	W002001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Silver
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Malachite
gangue:	Magnetite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
Reporter:	Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H., Ericksen, George E.
hrock_unit:	Ferrobamba Limestone
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_unit:	Monzonite Porphyry, Granodiorite, Diorite (Roof Pendants In Granodiorite And Monzonite Porphyry), Rhyodacite Dikes
arock_type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Limestone Country Rock Is Folded Into A Tight Anticline With A Steep Dipping Axual Plane; Ore Is In Skarn Of A Roof Pendant In Monzonite Porphyry And Granodiorite
disc_yr:	1910
discr:	Ferrobamba Ltd.
References:	Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: SANTA CRUZ, SAUL, GUERRERO, TOMAS, CASTILLA, FERNANDO, AND CARO, EDGARDO, 1978, GEOLOGIA DE YACIMIENTOS DE COPPER EN LA REGION SUR-ORIENTAL DEL PERU: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V. 59, P. 153-1746. Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, 7/93. Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13. Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LIMITED - DEVELOPED RESERVES Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO - CONFIRMED RESERVES Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT. Deposit:: DIREXPL VENTURA LTD - CONFIRMED RESERVES Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73.