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Rescate Copper Belt 22

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068920
MRDS ID W002195
Record type Site
Current site name Rescate Copper Belt 22

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.4996, -16.56437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2750
Relative position 35 KM. FROM SOCABAYA BY ROAD, 8 KILOMETERS SE OF CERRO VERDE, 20 KM DUE SOUTH OF AREQUIPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 22 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, ANKERITE, SIDERITE, PYRITE, TOURMALINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Is Kaolinized, Epidotized, And Chloritized, And Some Alunite Has Been Reported. The Breccia Fragments (Ore) Are Intensely Altered To An Essentially Structureless Aggregate Of Quartz And Sericite With Some Disseminated Pyrite And Chalcopyrite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.4996, -16.56437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 75E
    Length 90M
    Width 1M
    Depth to bottom 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1927

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.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3000M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 912

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 THE LENTICULAR ORE BODY LIES ALONG A NORTH TRENDING ZONE THAT DIPS ABOUT 75 DEG EAST AND IS CUT OFF AT THE NORTH END BY AN EAST-TRENDING VERTICAL PRE-MINERAL FAULT. THE FOOTWALL IS USUALLY MARKED BY AN INDISTINCT FRACTURE OVERLAIN BY SEVERAL METERS OF GOOD ORE, WHEREAS THE HANGING WALL IS AN ASSAY WALL AT THE LIMIT OF 6-12 M OF LOWER GRADE ORE. ORE GRADE DECREASES GRADUALLY TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF THE ORE BODY. PYRITE AND SPHALERITE BECOME MORE ABUNDANT AT DEPTH, AND CHALCOPYRITE DECREASED

Reporter information

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

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