| Location: | Arequipa, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -16.73103, -71.43292 |
| dep_id: | 10068921 |
| mrds_id: | W002196 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Unknown |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite |
| orebody_fm: | VEINLETS AND STRINGERS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND BROCHANTITE IN FRACTURED QUARTZITE, DISSEMINATED CHALCOCITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_unit: | Yura Formation, Quartzite |
| hrock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Quartzite |
| Structure: | Area Underlain Mainly By A Long Roof Pendant Or Tongue Of Quartzite Of The Yura Formation Which. In General Strikes Nw. The Quartzite Is Fractured And Gently Folded Along Axes That Plunge Flatly Se, Its Structure Seems To Be Broadly Anticlinal. Quartzite Is Intruded By Quartz Monzonite That Crops Out As Two Stock-Like Bodies And An Irregular Dike At Least 2 Km Long. The Stocks Are Elongated Approx. Parallel To Fold Axes In The Quartzite. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| prod_yrs: | LATE 19TH CENTURY |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 934
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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