Mine detail: Cerro Pelado

Previously called 'Cerro Pelado Prospect'

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.78933, -71.05791
dep_id: 10078511
mrds_id: W026865
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite
gangue: Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Malachite, Quartz, Specularite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Long, Keith R., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Ilo Super Unit, Toquepala Segment, Coastal Batholith
hrock_type: Tonalite,Diorite
Structure: El Abra Fault
tectonic: Magmatic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380. 433 QUN22S
  • Deposit:: NARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: COM. CARTA GEOL. NAC. BOL. 7, 75 P.
  • Deposit:: ORTIZ, G., 1970, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE TACNA: SEVICIO DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, COD. B0624.
  • Deposit:: MADRID, A., 1963, YACIMIENTOS DE FIERRO EN TACNA: INIFM, COD. B0482.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ORTIZ (1970), ORTIZ (1963)
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