Chalcobamba Copper Deposit - 29
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Ferrobamba Limestone — Limestone
- Associated rock
- Monzonite Porphyry, Granodiorite, Diorite (Roof Pendants In Granodiorite And Monzonite Porphyry), Rhyodacite Dikes — Monzonite
- Orebody form
- IRREGULAR
Limestone Country Rock Is Folded Into A Tight Anticline With A Steep Dipping Axual Plane; Ore Is In Skarn Of A Roof Pendant In Monzonite Porphyry And Granodiorite
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1910
Records and references
PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969SANTA CRUZ, SAUL, GUERRERO, TOMAS, CASTILLA, FERNANDO, AND CARO, EDGARDO, 1978, GEOLOGIA DE YACIMIENTOS DE COPPER EN LA REGION SUR-ORIENTAL DEL PERU: SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA DEL PERU BOL., V. 59, P. 153-1746.U.S. EMBASSY LIMA, 1993, 1992 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT ON MINERALS PERU: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, 7/93. NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LIMITED - DEVELOPED RESERVES1942 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO - CONFIRMED RESERVES1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT. DIREXPL VENTURA LTD - CONFIRMED RESERVESESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068756 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -14.04779, -72.36629
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