Mine detail: Huacravilca

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -12.46452, -75.53303
dep_id: 10093756
mrds_id: W026873
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: The Common Ore Consists Of Laminae Of Magnetite Which Are Greatly Altered On The Surface.
Reporter: Cooper, Margaret, Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
disc_yr: 1952
References:
  • 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.
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