Mine detail: Chaucha Porphyry Copper

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Location:	Azuay, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long:	-2.93326, -79.45953
dep_id:	10068845
mrds_id:	W002103
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Molybdenum
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite
gangue:	Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	OVOID
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Concentric Phyllic And Argillic, And Propylitic Alteration
conc_proc:	Epithermal Disseminated Mineralization
ore_ctrl:	Much Fracturing At Intersections Of Major Fault Systems; Boss Intrusion
Reporter:	Irving, Earl M., Lopez, Tony, Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Macuchi Formation;Chauca Quartz Diorite
hrock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	Nne Faults Intersected By E-W Strike-Slip Faults., Intersection Of E-W Chaucha And Nnw Cordillera Faults
tectonic:	N-S Calcalkalic Stocks Intruding Mafic Volcanics.
disc_yr:	1964
discr:	Undp Geochemical Survey
References:	Deposit:: GOOSENS, P. J. AND HOLLISTER, V. F., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITA, V. 8, P. 321-331. Deposit:: UNDP, NEW YORK AND SERV. GEOL. MIN., ECUADOR, 1969, REPR NO. 1 Deposit:: GOOSEN, P. J., 1972, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, NO. 4, P. 458-468 Deposit:: MUHLER-KAHLE, E., AND DAMON, P., 1970, K/AR AGE OF BIOTITE GRANODIORITE, CHAUCHA, ATOMIC ENERGY RPT. 689-130 Deposit:: PALADINES, P.A., SAN MARTIN, D.H., AND SUAREZ, L.H., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, SCALE 1:1,000,000. Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000. Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000. Deposit:: GEMUTS, I., LOPEZ, G., AND JIMENEZ, F., 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 92, P. 14-16. Deposit:: DE GRYS, A., 1970, COPPER AND ZINC IN ALLUVIAL MAGNETITES FROM CENTRAL ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., 65 (6), P. 714-717. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF CHAUCHA, ECUADOR, JAN. 1993. Deposit:: INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO DE MINERIA, 1986, MINING IN ECUADOR 1986, INST. ECUAT. MINER., QUITO, 31 P. Deposit:: KROON, T.P. AND A. DE GRYS, 1970, A GEOCHEMICAL DRAINAGE SURVEY IN CENTRAL ECUADOR, NEWSLETTERS ON STRATIGRAPHY, 9 (3), P. 157-168. Deposit:: ANON., WORLD MINING V. 24, NO. 13, P. 80. Deposit:: 1968 GEOCHEM UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Deposit:: UNDP, NEW YORK AND ECUADORIAN NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.