Monterrosas Mine

Past Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085151
MRDS ID W700699
Record type Site
Current site name Monterrosas Mine
Related records 10303758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60137, -13.98696 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 300 KM S OF LIMA, EAST OF ICA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Martite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Hematite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Actinolitization, Scaplitization, Chloritization, Epidotization

Analytical data

Result ORE UP TO 5000 PPM CO, UP TO 800 PPM MO, UP TO 200 PPM NI, AND UP TO 200 PPM GA. FLUID INCLUSIONS GIVE TEMPERATURES 525 DEGREES C TO 350 DEGREES C
Result PRESSURE OF 600 BARS AND 1.8 TO 6.0 KM DEPTH, SALINITES OF 43-56 WEIGHT PERCENT NACL
Result SULFUR ISOTOPES 34S RANGE FROM 1.6 - 3.3 PER MIL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Early Gabbro, Patap Superunt
    Rock description Early Gabbro, Patap Superunt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60137, -13.98696

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monterrosas Fault And Coastal Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 20M
    Length 430M
    Width 110M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1982

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cerro De Pasco Corp , Centromin )
    First year 1967
    Last year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Material PYRITE CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.4% Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Cobalt Cobalt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Material MO CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^53 Weight % Mo
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Molybdenum Molybdenum 53wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Material CU CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30.5% Cu, 0.43 Oz/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Copper Copper 31wt-pct
    Minor Conc. Gold Gold 12g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.847 g/mt Gold Major 1984
    Copper Cu 1.15 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Silver Ag 19.764 g/mt Silver Minor 1984

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR. DEVELOPMENT WORK BEGAN IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS RANGES FROM 3-20 M. DIMENSIONS GIVEN OF MINEABLE ORE IN 1984. 0VER ORE ZONE GRADE OF CU VARIES 0.2 TO 15 WT PERCENT WITH GRADATION CONTACT WITH HOST ROCKS. SHAPE CRUDELY TABULAR BUT HAS PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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