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Huancabamba, Bayoacsa, Auquimarca, and Pampa Chiri Deposits

Occurrence in Apurimac, Peru with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078509
MRDS ID W026862
Record type Site
Current site name Huancabamba, Bayoacsa, Auquimarca, and Pampa Chiri Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.46648, -5.23149 (WGS84)
Relative position ABANCAY; DEPOSITS BETWEEN ANDAGUAYLES AND CHALHUANCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apurimac(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Apurimac

Comments on the location information

  • LITTLE OR NO ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO INVESTIGATE THESE DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 56 : AND SIO2 , 10 - 12

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.46648, -5.23149
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 'EARTHY' ORE GRADES 22 - 38 %, FE, 'COMPACT' ORE 42 - 53 % FE.
  • EARTHY ORE GRADES 22 - 38 % FE, 'COMPACT' ORE GRADES 42 - 53 % FE. ORE(1) LATERITE IN LAYER 0.2-1 M THICK; ORE(2) LATERITE 0.5-10 M THICK LOCALLY 4 M OVERBURDEN; ORE(3) LATERITE.
  • UNFAVORABLE LOCATION BUT POTENTIAL QUANTITY OF 650,000 TONS PER METER OF DEPTH ESTIMATED FOR DEPOSITS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOW FE CONTENT (22 - 53 % FE) AND 1 : 2 SILICA TO ALUMINA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES -- OCCURRENCE AND APPRAISAL: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 302 - 380 . 433 QUN22S

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit *RESULTING FROM DECOMPOSITION OF SERPENTINITE AND MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. TWO MAIN 'BANDS' OF THE LATERITE LAYER OUTCROP, ONE 30 KM LONG BY AKM WIDE, OTHER 8 KM LONG BY 3 KM WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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