Mine detail: Cerro Morritos Deposit

Previously called 'Morritos'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.89322, -70.82375

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper
Gangue: Specularite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Other material: Chrysocolla, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Hornblendite
Associated type:Diorite,Hornblendite

References

MRDSW026876
DEP10078515
Reference{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: PERU COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL BOLETIN 7, P. 67-69.}{Deposit:: CLARK ET AL, 1990, ECON GEOL. V. 85, P. 1520-1583.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterCooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Long, K.R.