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

MRDSW002007
DEP10068761
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FERROBAMBA LTD.}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO - CONFIRMED RESERVES}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: DIREXPL VENTURA LTD.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73}
ReporterGoudarzi, Gus H., Page, Norman J.