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Quevalleco

Producer in Moquegua, Peru with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064049
MRDS ID TC38213
Record type Site
Current site name Quevalleco
Related records 10106941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.61624, -17.09768 (WGS84)
Relative position 77 KM FROM MOQUEGUA VIA CUAJONE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moquegua(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Moquegua

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 608 ON "MAPA MINERO DEL SUR DEL PERU" (1959).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Elliptical In Shape With 2.3 X 3.5 Dimension. Principal Alterations: Potassic, Quartz Sericitic Or Phyllic And Propylitic, Concentric Disposition.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.61624, -17.09768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homocline N10w, 12sw.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT-VEIN TREND: N40-50W, 60-70 NE AND SW COMPLEMENTED BY N50-60E, 65-80 NW AND SE FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Antonio Raimondi

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minero-Peru

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOGGIO, M.S., 1985, PERU: A MINING COUNTRY, INGEMMET V. 3, P. 188

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1993 Restrepo, Pedro U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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