Mine detail: Rapay Molybdenum 64

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Location: Lima, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -10.53126, -77.11642
dep_id: 10068936
mrds_id: W002213
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
gangue: Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Talc
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1568
  • 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. REPORT.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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