Mine detail: Hierro Peru

Location:	Ica, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-15.16442, -74.99968
dep_id:	10084872
mrds_id:	W700092
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Iron
Minor mineral:	Silica, Ferrosilicon, Sulfur, Cobalt, Copper
Trace mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Martite
model:	62: Skarn Fe
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Limestone
arock_type:	Granite
tectonic:	Mobile Belt
Year first produced:	1953
disc_yr:	1906
discr:	Federico Funch And Don Justo Pastor
References:	Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, 2ND ED., 1980: WASHINGTON, D.C., MCGRAW-HILL, P. 294. Deposit:: LEIDING VALDES, BENJAMIN, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 209-223. Deposit:: ANON., 1993, THE TURN OF PERU AFTER MEXICO, ARGENTINA AND CHILE: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT PREPARED BY COPRI, P. 30-31. Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 52 P. Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES SRL, P. 165-167. Production:: INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW (1980); ANON., (1993); CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991) Reserve-Resource:: LEIDING VALDES (1955); CROCKETT AND OTHERS (1987)