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Aguas Verdes Contact Metasomatic Copper 35

Producer in Ayacucho, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068924
MRDS ID W002199
Record type Site
Current site name Aguas Verdes Contact Metasomatic Copper 35
Related records 10133628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.89966, -15.28108 (WGS84)
Elevation 3700
Relative position DEPOSIT IS ON CERRO QUILLACO, 5 KM SOUTH OF THE CHALA-INCAHUSSI-CORACORA ROAD AND ABOUT 12 KM SW OF PULLO, IN THE PROVINCE OF PARINACOCHAS, AYACUCHO (CHALA SHEET).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ayacucho(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ayacucho

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 35 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE GARNET, EPIDOTE, PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Altered (Kaolinized?) And Laced With Fractured Stained By Iron Oxide. An Aureole Of Garnet-Epidote Tactite Or Skarn 2-30 M Wide Has Developed In The Limestone At The Granite Contact, And Some Of The Limestone Beds Are Altered For As Much As Several Hundred Meters From The Contact.

Analytical data

Result 3% CU IN SOME PARTS OF BAND OF IRON-RICH SKARN (ABOUT 600 M LONG BY 2-8 M WIDE) ALONG WEST SIDE OF GRANITE STOCK. BAND AVERAGES 1-2% CU. IN GENERAL ORE IS VERY LOW GRADE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.89966, -15.28108
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Oval Stock (Medium- To Fine-Grained White Granite) About 900 M Long In A N-S Direction By About 500 M Wide Intrudes Folded Limestone Of Probable Early Cretaceous Age. The Limestone Is Overlain By Sandstone At The Nw Edge Of Mapped Area. Limestone Structure 'Appears' To Form A Steeplimbed North-Trending Anticline Slightly Overturned To The East. Bedding At Least Along East And West Sides Of Stock Is Roughly Parallel To The Intrusive Contact.

Ore body information

  • Length 250M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1974

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minera Aguas Verdes S. A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.8% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.64% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE PB AND AU

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 224700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.76 wt-pct Copper Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 224,700 PROVEN RESERVES OF OXIDES AND SULFIDES; 156,000 PROBABLE RESERVES OF OXIDES AND SULFIDES. INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A SMALL DEPOSIT OF LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.32HA
    Length 720M
    Width 60M
    Overall depth 60M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 960

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CABIESES E. J.; 1976; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, COD. B6972.

  • Deposit

    RIVERA GUILLEN, N.; 1974; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU; COD. B3088, B6704.

  • Deposit

    GIRARD, P. D., 1976; MINA "AGUAS VERDES": BANCO MINERO DEL PERU; COD. B2963.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANY REPORTS. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE RECORD AYA0021.

Reporter information

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

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