Mine detail: Quellaveco Copper Deposit - 17

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Location

Lat / long: -17.09768, -70.66346

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cubanite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Hematite, Jarosite
Orebody form: OVAL SHAPE
Discovery year: 1936

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Quellaveco Formation
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:Potassic, Proplitic

References

MRDSW002029
DEP10068779
Reference{Deposit:: U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1970 PERU PREPRINT}{Deposit:: SIMONS F. S. 1960 THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU UNPUBLISHED REPORT. P. 918 AND 926}{Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 1969 ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU; MINISTERIA DE ENERGIA Y MINAS LIMA, PERU, 5 P.}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 5) BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 64, ED. SERVICIO Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, OCT. 1972}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 182.}{Deposit:: ZIMMERMAN, J-L., AND COLLADO, A.K., 1983, DETERMINATION PAR LA METHODE K/AR DE *GE DES INTRUSIONS ET DES MINERALISATIONS ASSOCIEES DANS LE PORPHYRE CUPRIFERE DE QUELLAVECO (SUD OESTE DU PEROU): MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 18, P. 207-213.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW- SOUTH AMERICA SEG NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1993, V. 15, P. 15.}{Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Reserve-Resource:: CSI (COPPER STUDIES) REPORTS 4/20/73 201 MIL TONS 0.94% CU; 2) METAL JOURNAL, P. 294, 4/19/74}
ReporterGoudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.