Mine detail: Magistral Copper Deposit - 43

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Location

Lat / long:

-8.19802, -77.78309

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host rock:	Machay Group, Limestone & Interbedded Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Faulting West Of Magistral - Pelagatos Fault Nnw.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Limestone To Garnet And Silicates, Shale To Pyroxenea N30 Goyllarisquisga Formation - Lower Cretaceous, Sandstone And Quartzite

References

MRDS	W002018
DEP	10068770
Reference	{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 196}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPOR}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H.