Mine detail: Tarpuy Iron 37

Previously called 'Mirador'

Location:	Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-16.89769, -72.06628
dep_id:	10068931
mrds_id:	W002207
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Hematite, Magnetite
ore_ctrl:	See Comments
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Cerro Tarpuy Is Underlain By Greenish Gray Well Foliated Gneiss Of Possible Sedimentary Origin Composed Of Quartz, Orthoclase, Microcline, Abundant Muscovite, Biotite, And Minor Chlorite And Hematite. The Gneiss Resembles The Charcani Gneiss Of The Arequipa Region (Jenks, 1948, P. 123-125). To The North Are Extensive Areas Of Pink Granite, Composed Of Pinkish Orthoclase, Quartz, And A Little Plagioclase And Chloritized Hornblende, That May Be Intrusive Into The Gneiss.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1494 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: CONCHA FERNANDEZ, JAIME, 1956, EL YACIMIENTO DE FIERRO DEL CERRO CASCA O TARPUY, AREQUIPA: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL., V. 30, P. 167-175 Deposit:: JENKS, WILLIAM F., 1948, GEOLOGY OF THE AREQUIPA QUADRANGLE OF THE CARTA NACIONAL DEL PERU: INST. GEOL. PERU BOL., NO. 9, P. 123-125 Deposit:: 5) CONCHA FERNANDEZ, JAIME, AND AMSTUTZ, G. C. 1956, EL YACIMIENTO DE FIERRO SEDIMETARIO DEL CERRO CASCA O TARPUY: MINERIA, V. 5, NO. 15, P. 18-21 Deposit:: 6) UNITED NATIONS 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, UN, 1970, P-372 Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. Reserve-Resource:: U.N, 1970, SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES