Mine detail: Malpaso Mine

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Location: Pasco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -10.38126, -76.28305
dep_id: 10080327
mrds_id: W031446
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Tremolite
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED AND IRREGULAR STOCKS
ore_ctrl: Shoots Within A Skarn
Reporter: Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.)
hrock_unit: Pucara
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Gneiss
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION P. 69
  • Reserve-Resource:: PETERSON, U., 1962, TABLE IV.
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