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Quartillo

Producer in Ica, 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110173
MRDS ID TC39223
Record type Site
Current site name Quartillo
Alternate or previous names Quartillos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.67943, -13.8778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5.5 KM N OF SAN JOSE DE LOS MOLINOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • GEM FIELD INCLUDES ALL AREAS ADJACENT TO ALAMO LAKE; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FOR ALAMO DAM; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ARTILLERY PEAK 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PALM BOG WOOD IS FROM ROOT SECTIONS AND HAS LARGE, DARK EYES IN TAN TO BROWN BACKGROUND, PRETTY AND TAKES GOOD POLISH; FILLED WITH LINES AND SWIRLS; SOME MATERIAL IS SMALL; ABUNDANT LAPIDERY MATERIAL AVAILABLE, SOME COBBLE SIZED ALONG RIDGE CRESTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Iron Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.67943, -13.8778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, POCKETS
    Strike N50-70W
    Dip 60-90NE
    Thickness 1.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IN OR ADJACENT TO THE FIELD INCLUDES EARLY AND MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC GRANITES, MIDDLE TO OLIGOCENE SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, LATE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE BASALTS, PLIOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND RECENT SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20-30% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1956 - YEILDED 10 TONS PER MONTH OF HAND SORTED ORE OF 20-30% CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 M LONG ADIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK., 1960, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS (1960)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DO NOT ASSUME THAT THIS RECORD GIVES PERMISSION TO COLLECT IN THE AREA DESCRIBED HERE. LAND STATUS CAN CHANGE AND COLLECTORS NEED TO CHECK LOCALLY OR WITH THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE; WARNING: COLLECTING WITHIN ALAMO STATE PARK NOT ALLOWED; AREA IS ALSO HOME TO LOTS OF RATTLESNAKES.
Deposit VEIN THICKNESS RANGES FROM 0.3 TO 1.2 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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