Mine detail: Tarpuy Iron 37

Previously called 'Mirador'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.89769, -72.06628

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host 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

MRDS	W002207
DEP	10068931
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1494}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.