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Katanga Copper Gold Deposit - 36

Producer in Cusco, Peru with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068767
MRDS ID W002015
Record type Site
Current site name Katanga Copper Gold Deposit - 36
Alternate or previous names Katanga - Quibio Area
Related records 10303716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.74961, -14.44777 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Relative position 100 KM SOUTH OF CUZCO; 1106 KM SE OF LIMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cusco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cusco

Comments on the location information

  • CHILLIROYA REGION INCLUDES KATANGA - QUIBIO AREA, URANIO AND YANACOHA DEPOSITS LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAP OF PERU 1969 - NO. 36 KATANGA COPPER DEPOSIT
  • LOCATION FROM METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969 NO. 42 - ALTITUDE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LA NEGRA MINE NW OF MUENDO NUEVO IS AS MUCH AS 2 KM LONG, 35 TO 200 CM WIDE CONTAINING 0.1 TO 2.0 WO3, 1.5% CU, AS MUCH AS 10 G/TON/AU, AND 100 TO 200 G/TON/AG. IT WAS DEVELOPED TO DEPTH OF 250 M

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.74961, -14.44777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 80 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Concentrated In Fractures Or Veins Parallel To The Porphyry - Limestone Contact.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE PROBABLY EQUIVALENT TO FERROBAMBA LIMESTONE AND TINTAYA LIMESTONE.
  • PAMPA FM ALSO CALLED CHICAMA SHALE. DISTRICT CONTAINS A MO CORE ZONE WITH CU ZONE OUTWARD, PB-ZN ZONE OUTWARD AND AN SB ZONE AS OUTERMOST ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1810
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Chillioroya Region

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Katanga S. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsui Mining And Smelting Co.; Compania Mineria Katanga, S. A.

Comments on the production information

  • CU CONCENTRATES RUN 0.55-0.65 OZ/MT AU; 4.95 OZ/MT AG. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.
  • THE PRODUCTION FROM DEPARTMENT OF LA LIBERTAD WAS 94,000 KG WO3 IN 1955. REPORTED BY FRANK SIMONS

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1966
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 247000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 8.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Silver Ag 77.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1974
    Gold Au 6.1 g/mt Gold Minor 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 90901000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 200,000 TONS OF REPORTED RESERVES AVERAGE 8% CU 0.2 OZ/TON/AU 2.4 OZ/TON/AG; PV = PROVEN, PB = PROBABLE
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73 TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUIVALENT TO THE PRESENT PROVEN RESERVES.
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER 2/73. ESTIMATE MAY BE CONSERVATIVE
  • 5/73 NO DATA AVAILABLE TO MAKE ESTIMATE. DURING 1953-1954 THE ORE CONTAINED 0.8 TO 2.5% TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE 5/73
  • NO DATA AVAILABLE TO MAKE ESTIMATE 5/73

Comments on development

  • NEW ORE BODY "MARIA REINA" CONTAINING 2 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CU DISCOVERED NEARBY ; ECON.COM: CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1990) 200 MT/DAY WITH 2.20% CU FEED GRADE
  • 1960'S AMERICAN METAL CLIMAY, INC., PROSPECTED LA NEGRA ZONE; 1972-1980 PERUVIAN HOCHSCHILD GROUP DID EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.

  • Deposit

    1910 DIREXPL FERROBAMBA LIMITED-DEVELOPED RESERVES

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS - UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    COPPER STUDIES (CSI) 4/20/73; 2-5) LA MINERIA EN EL PERU, ANUARIO MINERO COMERCIAL 1977; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit First Production Year: 1912 FOR TUNGSTEN
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS IN THE DISTRICT STRIKING FROM N-20 W. TO N. VARY IN LENGTH FROM 150 TO 1500 M TO DEPTHS OF 70 TO 300 M. THE WIDTH VARY BETWEEN 80 TO 200 CM. SMALLER DEPOSITS THE AMISTAD (40) AND BARRO NEGRO (41) ARE ABOUT 40 AND 50 KM NW OF MUENDO NUEVO. INTERSECTING N45E AND N50W FRACTURES, VEINLETS LESS THAN 1 CM THICK AND LESS THAN 10 CM APART. MOLYBDENITE AND PYRITE CONSTITUTE 90% OF SULFIDES, HUBNERITE OCCURS ERRATICALLY IN VEINLETS.
Deposit Discovery Year: PRIOR TO 20TH CENTURY
Deposit ONE VEIN ALONG THE CONTACT 40 TO 50 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE IS 3 TO 4 M. WIDE; ANOTHER VEIN IN PORPHYRY IS 7 M WIDE. AT DEPTH THE COPPER IS IN VEINS BOTH AT KATANGA AND QUIBIO. LENTICULAR MASSES OF HEMATITE-MAGNETITE AS MUCH AS 25 METERS WIDE OCCUR NEAR THE HORNBLENDE-DIORITE STOCK AT QUIBIO - TWO OTHER SMALL ORE BODIES AT LOURA AND IMPERIO CONTAIN SOME OREA A20 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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