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Cerro Paltac Prospects

Occurrence in Ancash, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065563
MRDS ID TC40913
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Paltac Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.9256, -8.82606 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM WNW OF HUATA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ancash

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF CERRO PALTAC AND IN SOUTHERN TRIBUTARY OF QUEBRADA CASHCARANA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cordillera Blanca Batholith
    Rock description Cordillera Blanca Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.9256, -8.82606
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E, N65E-N85W
    Dip 80SE, 60SE-85N
    Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS WITH FE-OXIDES, NO OTHER SULFIDES SEEN.
Deposit PORPHYRY COPPER ALTERATION (?) (NJP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. 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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