Mine detail: Calzada Mine

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.60066, -75.52803
dep_id: 10080330
mrds_id: W031449
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Rimac Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Siltstone,Conglomerate
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Andes
References:
  • Deposit:: STOLL, W.C., 1961, CONTACT METASOMATIC COPPER MINERALIZATION AT THE CALZADA MINE, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 3, P. 612-613
  • Production:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 56, P. 612.
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