Mine detail: Katanga Copper Gold Deposit - 36

Previously called 'Katanga - Quibio Area'

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Location: Cusco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -14.44777, -71.74961
dep_id: 10068767
mrds_id: W002015
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Garnet, Magnetite, Tremolite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Ore Is Concentrated In Fractures Or Veins Parallel To The Porphyry - Limestone Contact.
Reporter: Page, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1810
discr: Unknown
References:
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
  • Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LIMITED-DEVELOPED RESERVES
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT
  • Production:: COPPER STUDIES (CSI) 4/20/73; 2-5) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)
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