| Deposit ID | 10400160 |
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| Record type | Model Type |
| Current site name | Minas Conga |
| Geographic coordinates: | 78.35896, 6.9265 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Peru(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
|---|
| Peru |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Alunite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Ore |
| Epidote | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Ore |
| Illite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrophyllite | Ore |
| Sericite | Ore |
| Model code | 78 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 20c |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Au |
| Mark3 model number | 34 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock type qualifier | porphyry |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| Rock type qualifier | porphyry |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock type qualifier | pyroclastics |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| Rock type qualifier | pyroclastics |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | 78.35896, 6.9265 |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
|---|---|
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1991 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 641 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Llosa, F.T., and Veliz, J.M., 2000, Los porfidos au-Cu de Minas Conga; Primer volumen de monografias yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 177-195
Llosa, F., Lescuver, j.l., et Milesi, J.P., 1996, Crise tectonique quechua et concentration de l'or dans le porphyryes de Minas Conga (Cajamarca, Peru): Reunion Annuelle des Sciences de la terre, vol. 16, p. 156, 1996
Sillitoe, R.H., 2000, Gold-rich porphyry deposits: descriptive and genetic models and their role in exploration and discovery, in Hagemann, S.G., and Brown, P.E., eds., Gold in 2000: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 13, p. 315-345
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060 (2005). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW on 12/11/07
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Map Number 245 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-2007 | Baker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.) | U.S. Geological Survey | Model type record |
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