Mine detail: Acari Iron Deposit 34

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.32275, -74.73301
dep_id: 10068929
mrds_id: W002204
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LONG, PLUNGING, ROD-LIKE BODY, SHARP CONTACTS, VEINS
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Ericksen, George E., Unkefer, J.
hrock_type: Monzonite,Diorite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
disc_yr: 1959
discr: Pan American Commodities S.A. (1951-Founded)
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1958, PERU MINE DESCRIPTIONS, UNPUBLISHED USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER , P. 1490-93.
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: ENGINEER AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 157, NO. 7, P. 184
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATION, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES U.N. 1970, P. 349-354 AND P. 372
  • Deposit:: PARK, C.F., JR., 1972, THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 67. P. 339-349.
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: SURVEY OF WORLD IRON RESOURCES, UN, 1970
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU 1969, 1972
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