Mine detail: Calzada Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.60066, -75.52803

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Rimac Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Siltstone,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Diorite
Tectonic:	Andes

References

MRDS	W031449
DEP	10080330
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Page, Norman J.