Mine detail: Ferrobamba Copper Deposit - 30

Previously called 'Ferrobamba RegionLas Bambas'

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Location

Lat / long:

-14.09779, -72.34962

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gray Or Black Shale, Sandstone And Quartzite;Mara Formation, Red Shale, Siltstone, & Sandstone;Ferrobamba Limestone-Middle;Red To Maroon Shale, Shaly Sandstone And Sandstone Early Tertiary
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Andesitic And Basaltic Lavas Underlain By Tuff-Tertiary
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	North Trending Assymetric Folds, Elongated Diorite Stocks Parallel To The Fold Axes
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Where Cut By Stock, The Mara Formation Is Altered To Hornfels

References

MRDS	W002007
DEP	10068761
Reference	{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LTD.}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO - CONFIRMED RESERVES}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: DIREXPL VENTURA LTD.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J.