Mine detail: Huacravilca

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.46452, -75.53303

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Magnetite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Alteration processes:	The Common Ore Consists Of Laminae Of Magnetite Which Are Greatly Altered On The Surface.

References

MRDS	W026873
DEP	10093756
Reference	{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}{Deposit:: PETERSON, U., 1962, GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANDES OF CENTRAL PERU, CERRO DE PASCO CORP., EXPLORATION DIVISION, P. 67-68.}
Reporter	Cooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L.