Mine detail: Cuatone Copper Deposit - 16

Previously called 'Chuntacala Ore Body'

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Location

Lat / long:

-17.03102, -70.73291

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	CIRCULAR ON TOP SPLITS IN DEPTHS
Discovery year:	1942

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gray Or Black Shale, Sandstone & Quartzite;Mara Formation, Red Shale, Siltstone & Sandstone;Ferrobamba Limestone;Red To Maroon Shale, Shaly Sandstone & Sandstone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Andesitic & Basaltic Lavas Underlain By Tuff;Olivine Basalt;Porphyritic Rhyolite;Porphyritic Andesite & Rhyolite Flows; Mineralization
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Intense Silicification - Sericitization - Argillization Near The Ore Loci And Grading Outward Into Argillization And Finally Into Unaltered Rock. The Regional Alteration Halo Is 2 To 3 Kilometers Wide. Areas Of Strong Alteration Are Not Necessarily Coincident With High Copper Content But In General Are Restricted To The Immediate Vicinity Of The Ore Body.

References

MRDS	W002006
DEP	10068760
Reference	{Deposit:: MCMAHON A. D. 1965, COPPER A MATERIAL SURVEY; USBM IC 8225 P. 63}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES *OLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, 1972; LES DIMENSIONES DES GISEMENTS DE CUIVRE DU MONDE: B.R.G.M. MEMOIRE NO. 57 400P 5 PLATES}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA ET MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H.