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Cerro Morritos Deposit

Occurrence in Tacna, Peru with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078515
MRDS ID W026876
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Morritos Deposit
Alternate or previous names Morritos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.82375, -17.89322 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 14 KM S70E HACIENDA MIRAMAR, 28 KM WSW LAS YARAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tacna(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Tacna

Comments on the location information

  • ON S FLANK CERRO MORRITO, 10 KM FROM COAST. ADDITIONAL FE SHOWS ON CERROS MECA GRANDE AND CASPOSO TO SOUTH AND ON THE COAST BETWEEN PUNTA BRAVA AND CALETA MORRO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Gangue
Chrysocolla Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS 62.95-67.88% FE, TR- 0.55% P, TR- 0.05% S. MINIMAL SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.82375, -17.89322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20-30W
    Dip 60SW
    Length 160000M
    Width 40000M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS IN BODIES OF ACID INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF GRANITIC & DIORITIC TYPES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED 500,000 METRIC TONS PER METER OF DEPTH

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

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

  • Deposit

    NARVAEZ, S., 1964, GEOLOGIA DE LOS CUADRANGULOS DE ILO Y LOCUMBA: PERU COMISION CARTA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL BOLETIN 7, P. 67-69.

  • Deposit

    CLARK ET AL, 1990, ECON GEOL. V. 85, P. 1520-1583.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALVARADO, BENJAMIN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE VEINS CUT 2 KM BY 0.5 KM AREA OF ALTERATION AND FRACTURING. VEINS ARE 300-700M LONG. 1-4 M WIDE WITH SHOOTS UP TO 8M WIDE (AVERAGE WIDTH 3 M). MINERALIZATION CONFINED TO OCCASSIONAL SHOOTS. 600 M TO NW IS ANOTHER VEIN N55W 200 M LONG 120-150 CM 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
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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