Mine detail: Chalcobamba Copper Deposit - 29

Previously called 'Las Bambas ChalcobambaFerrobambaCharcas-Sulfobamba'

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Location

Lat / long:

-14.04779, -72.36629

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Malachite
Gangue:	Magnetite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ferrobamba Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Monzonite Porphyry, Granodiorite, Diorite (Roof Pendants In Granodiorite And Monzonite Porphyry), Rhyodacite Dikes
Associated 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

References

MRDS	W002001
DEP	10068756
Reference	{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- DEVELOPED RESERVES}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO - CONFIRMED RESERVES}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: DIREXPL VENTURA LTD - CONFIRMED RESERVES}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73.}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H., Ericksen, George E.