Mine detail: Huarca Contact Metasomatic Copper 44

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Location: Cusco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -14.98942, -71.3996
dep_id: 10068927
mrds_id: W002202
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Limestone
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 965
  • 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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