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Parac Molybdenum 63

Producer in Lima, Peru with commodities Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10068935
MRDS ID W002212
Record type Site
Current site name Parac Molybdenum 63
Alternate or previous names Estela, Toribia Atachagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.03307, -10.63125 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position THE PARAC DISTRICT IS ABOUT 25 KM NW OF CHURIN AND 30 KM W OF OYON IN THE PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lima(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Lima

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 63 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE MAGNETITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ, TALC, EPIDOTE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.03307, -10.63125
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Length 35M
    Width 0.15M
    Depth to bottom 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN 100,000 AND ONE MILLION TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1564

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, RICHARD W., JR., AND NARVAEZ, SIGFREDO, 1955, LOS DEPOSITOS MINERALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE CAJATAMBO: INST. NAC. DE INV. Y FOMENTO MINEROS BOL., NO. 13, P. 21-43

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL OTHER DEPOSITS OR PROSPECTS ARE KNOWN IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF ESTELA. 1) CAUJULINA JUST NORTH OF ESTELA N20 DEG W AND DIP N25E, 2) VIRGIN DE LA GUIA 2 KM NORTH OF ESTELA, AND 3) BOLICHE 10 KM EAST OF ESTELA
Deposit First Production Year: DURING WWI (4 TONS 80% MOLYBDENUM SHIPPED TO EUROPE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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