Mine detail: Katanga Copper Gold Deposit - 36

Previously called 'Katanga - Quibio Area'

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Location

Lat / long: -14.44777, -71.74961

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet, Magnetite, Tremolite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1810

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSW002015
DEP10068767
Reference{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17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LIMITED-DEVELOPED RESERVES}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Production:: COPPER STUDIES (CSI) 4/20/73; 2-5) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}
ReporterPage, Norman J., Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.)