| Location: | Tacna, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -17.03102, -70.73291 |
| dep_id: | 10068760 |
| mrds_id: | W002006 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Molybdenum |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| ore: | Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
| orebody_fm: | CIRCULAR ON TOP SPLITS IN DEPTHS |
| alteration: | 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. |
| conc_proc: | Secondary Enrichment Is As Much As 70 Meters - The Leached Zone Is Less Than 100m The Zone Of Enrichment Has Formed From A Few Meters To 100 Meters Below The Present Land Surface. The Base Of The Enriched Zone Is Irregular Controlled More By The Permeability Of Host Rock. |
| ore_ctrl: | The Ore Body Occurs At The Southeast End Of The Caujone Stock. To The Nw The Ore Continues Along The Contact Between Quartz Monzonite And Volcanic Rocks. |
| Reporter: | Goudarzi, Gus H. |
| hrock_unit: | Gray Or Black Shale, Sandstone & Quartzite;Mara Formation, Red Shale, Siltstone & Sandstone;Ferrobamba Limestone;Red To Maroon Shale, Shaly Sandstone & Sandstone |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Andesitic & Basaltic Lavas Underlain By Tuff;Olivine Basalt;Porphyritic Rhyolite;Porphyritic Andesite & Rhyolite Flows; Mineralization |
| arock_type: | Hornblendite |
| disc_yr: | 1942 |
| discr: | Cerro De Pasco |
| References: |
- 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- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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