Mine detail: Cerro Morritos Deposit

Previously called 'Morritos'

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Location: Tacna, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -17.89322, -70.82375
dep_id: 10078515
mrds_id: W026876
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Specularite
other_matl: Chrysocolla, Malachite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L., Long, K.R.
hrock_type: Diorite,Hornblendite
arock_type: Diorite,Hornblendite
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: 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
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