Mine detail: Minas Conga

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Location

Lat / long: 6.9265, 78.35896

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Illite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Discovery year: 1991

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Unknown

Geology

Host type:Andesite,Dacite,Diorite,Quartzite,Sandstone,Granite

References

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Reference{Reference:: Llosa, F.T., and Veliz, J.M., 2000, Los porfidos au-Cu de Minas Conga; Primer volumen de monografias yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 177-195}{Reference:: Llosa, F., Lescuver, j.l., et Milesi, J.P., 1996, Crise tectonique quechua et concentration de *r dans le porphyryes de Minas Conga (Cajamarca, Peru): Reunion Annuelle des Sciences de la terre, vol. 16, p. 156, 1996}{Reference:: Sillitoe, R.H., 2000, Gold-rich porphyry deposits: descriptive and genetic models and their role in exploration and discovery, in Hagemann, S.G., and Brown, P.E., eds., Gold in 2000: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 13, p. 315-345}{Reference:: Glendall, I.R., Quevedo, L.A., Sillitoe, R.H., Spencer, R.M., Puente, C.O., Leon, J.P., and Povedo, R.R., 2000, Discovery of a Jurassic porphyry copper belt, Pangui area, Southern Equador: SEG Newsletter, no. ? p. 1-15}{Reference:: Noble, D.C., and McKee, E.H., 1999, The Miocene metallogenic belt of Central and Northern peru, in Skinner, B.J., ed., Geology and ore deposits of the central Andes: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication No. 7, p. 155-193}{Reference:: Cooke, D.R., Hollings, P., Giant porphyry deposits: Characteristics, distribution, and tectonic controls, Economic Geology, August 2005, v. 100, no. 5; p. 801-818; DOI: 10.2113/100/5/801. Retrieved from the WWW on 12/11/07}{Reference:: Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060 (2005). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW on 12/11/07}
ReporterBaker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.)