Quellaveco Copper Deposit - 17
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Diorite
- Associated rock
- Quellaveco Formation — Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
- Orebody form
- OVAL SHAPE
- Tectonic setting
- Andean Cordillera
- Deposit model
- 53: Porphyry Cu
A Breccia Pipe Near The Center Of The Ore Body
Potassic, Proplitic
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Discovered
- 1936
Records and references
U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1970 PERU PREPRINTSIMONS F. S. 1960 THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU UNPUBLISHED REPORT. P. 918 AND 926MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, 1969 ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU; MINISTERIA DE ENERGIA Y MINAS LIMA, PERU, 5 P. PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 5) BELLIDO BRAVO, E. AND MONTREUIL D., L., 1972, ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENIA DEL PERU, P. 64, ED. SERVICIO Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS, OCT. 1972MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1993, P. 182. ZIMMERMAN, J-L., AND COLLADO, A.K., 1983, DETERMINATION PAR LA METHODE K/AR DE L'AGE DES INTRUSIONS ET DES MINERALISATIONS ASSOCIEES DANS LE PORPHYRE CUPRIFERE DE QUELLAVECO (SUD OESTE DU PEROU): MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 18, P. 207-213. LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW- SOUTH AMERICA SEG NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1993, V. 15, P. 15.1957 DIREXPL CERRO DE PASCO1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORTCSI (COPPER STUDIES) REPORTS 4/20/73 201 MIL TONS 0.94% CU; 2) METAL JOURNAL, P. 294, 4/19/74
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10068779 — view the source record
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Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: -17.09768, -70.66346
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