Mine detail: Cobriza

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -12.46452, -74.49968

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Secondary: Zinc, Lead
Tertiary: Antimony, Arsenic
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stannite
Gangue: Actinolite, Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Scapolite, Siderite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1866

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1967

Geology

Host rock:Copacabana Formation;Mitu Group;
Host type:Alluvium
Associated rock:Cobriza Batholith
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Coris Anticline N. 45 W. And Fracture Systems Nw-Se; N-S And E-W., Cobriza Fault Displacing The Mineralized Zone 350 M And Several Other Faults Of Variable Strikes And Dips.

References

MRDSW002003
DEP10068758
Reference{Deposit:: PETERSON U. 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60 NO. 3 P. 407-476}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND DE MONTREUIL., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 123, ED. MINISTER10 DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, SERVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.}{Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L., P. 135-136.}{Deposit:: CAHOON, B.G., 1970, GEOLOGIA DE LA MINA COBRIZA IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS OPERADOS PAR LA CERRO DE PASCO, P. 41-61 IN 1ST CONGRESSO LATINO AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA, NOVEMBER 22-29, 1970, LIMA, PERU.}{Deposit:: 1926 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1966 CERRO DE PASCO}{Production:: MINING ENGINEERING NOV. 1969 VOL. 21 NO. 11 P. 62; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY ON MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977}
ReporterGoudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.