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Pedro Vicente - Cascas

Occurrence in Cajamarca, Peru with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078514
MRDS ID W026875
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro Vicente - Cascas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.66643, -7.49805 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN PROVINCE OF OTUZCO AND CONTUMAZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cajamarca(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Cajamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CHEMISTRY OF RESERVES IN PERCENT: FE, 59 : SIO2 , 12
Result S, TRACE
Result AND P, TRACE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.66643, -7.49805
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SKARN CONTACT - METASOMATIC
    Length 80000M
    Width 60000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A RESULT OF SKARN CONTACT-METASOMATISM DUE TO CONTACT PROCESSES BETWEEN CRET SEDIMENTS & INTRUSIVE BODIES OF GRANITE/DIORITE COMPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Andean Marginal Metallogenic Province

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 59 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

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. 433QUN22S

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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