Ogopita

PE / Áncash

•-8.44801, -77.87477View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Ogopita is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Slate, within the Andean Cordillera setting. Reported specimens include Pyrite, Quartz, Wolframite; logged ore minerals are Pyrite, Wolframite; gangue is recorded as Quartz. The site was discovered in 1940.

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Found Here

PyriteQuartzWolframite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Slate
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Tectonic setting: Andean Cordillera

Ore minerals

PyriteWolframite

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1940

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Cited references

PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969GOMEZ BAQUEDANO, R., 1971, INFORME TECNICO MINA OGOPITO, MARZO 1971, COD B2237.1960 COMPILE SIMONS, F. S. UNPUB. REPORT

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068776 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -8.44801, -77.87477

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