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Magistral Copper Deposit - 43

PE / Áncash
•-8.19802, -77.78309View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Magistral Copper Deposit - 43 is a known mineral occurrence in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Contact Metasomatic deposit hosted in Limestone, within the Andean Cordillera setting. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena; logged ore minerals are Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite. The site was discovered in 1908; production began in 1908.

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Found Here

AzuriteChalcociteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaGoldMalachiteMolybdenitePyrrhotiteSilverSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
Contact Metasomatic
Host rock
Machay Group, Limestone & Interbedded Shale — Limestone
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite Porphyry — Quartz Monzonite
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Tectonic setting
Andean Cordillera
Ore minerals
ChalcociteChalcopyriteGalenaMalachitePyrrhotiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
Structure

Faulting West Of Magistral - Pelagatos Fault Nnw.

Ore control

High Grade Ore Bodies Are In Strong Post-Garnet Fracture Zones And May Be Connected By Zones Of Disseminated Sulfides.

Alteration

Limestone To Garnet And Silicates, Shale To Pyroxenea N30 Goyllarisquisga Formation - Lower Cretaceous, Sandstone And Quartzite

Mining history

Status
Occurrence
Discovered
1908
First production
1908

Records and references

Cited references

PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 19691960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORESTIMATED BY REPORTER 3/73

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068770 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -8.19802, -77.78309

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