Mine detail: Chungar Contact Metasomatic Copper 45

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Location:	Pasco, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-11.13123, -76.54973
dep_id:	10068926
mrds_id:	W002201
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Trace mineral:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Garnet, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR FRACTURES IN TACTITE
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Diorite,Limestone
Structure:	No Structural Control Of The Ore Shoots Is Evident. In More Recent Workings, Moderately Inclined Pipes With Lead-Zinc Ore Seem To Be Controlled By The Intersections Of Faults And Occur Both In Tactites And Granodiorite. On The West Side Of The Stock, Pyrrhotite Is Abundant, And A Little Molybdenite Occurs In Fractures In The Granodiorite.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1924
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 977 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: HARRISON, JOHN V., (UPPER CRETACEOUS CALCAREOUS GROUP), 1953, GEOLOGIA DE LA ZONA DEL CAMINO ENTRE CANTA Y HUAYLLAY: INST. NAC. INV. Y FOMENTO MINEROS BOL., NO. 9, P. 15-17 Deposit:: JOHNSON, ROBERT F., AND MANRIQUE, ALBERTO, 1955, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE PLOMA Y ZINC DE LA REGION DE RIO PALLANGA: INST. NAC. Y FOMENTO MINERO BOL., NO. 13, P. 18-19 Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION, P. 66-67. Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES, S.R.L., P. 149-151. Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991) Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972