Dos Compadres Prospect

PE / Áncash

•-9.92712, -77.04418View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Dos Compadres Prospect is a known mineral occurrence in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Vein deposit hosted in Limestone. Reported specimens include Azurite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Calcite. The site was discovered in 1949.

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AzuriteCalciteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaMalachitePyriteSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Vein
Host rock: Limestone
Orebody form: TABULAR

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaPyriteSphalerite

Gangue minerals

Calcite

Alteration

Silicified

Mining history

Status: Occurrence
Discovered: 1949

Records and references

Cited references

BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYHUASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1017, 166 PCIMRIBODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065764 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -9.92712, -77.04418

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