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Manzano - Pomahuaca - Las Juntas

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  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 10093757
MRDS ID W026877
Record type Site
Current site name Manzano - Pomahuaca - Las Juntas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.66646, -5.66481 (WGS84)
Relative position PROVINCE OF JAEN

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, 62
Result SIO2 , 12
Result S, 0.76
Result AND P, 0.04 . PYRITE IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT. THESE FIGURES APPLY TO THE ZONE MANZANO - POMAHUACA. FOR LAS JUNTAS, THE MEAN IRON CONTENT IS 60 PERCENT AND SIO2 , 12 PERCENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.66646, -5.66481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MAGNATIC INJECTIONS IN THE MANZANO - POMAHUACA ZONE, THE ORES CONSIST OF LENSES OF IRON OXIDES IN A MASS OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS. IN THE LAS JUNTAS ZONE, THE COMMON ORE IS MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE WITH PYRITE IN THE FORM OR STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: MAGMATIC INJECTIONS AS LENSES OR STRINGERS

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

  • POTENTIAL ORE IS ESTIMATED AT 50,000 TONS PER METER OF DEPTH IN THE MANZANO - POMAHUACA ZONE NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR LAS JUNTAS.
  • POTENTIAL ORE IS ESTIMATED AT 50,000 TONS PER METER OF DEPTH IN THE MANZANO - POMAHUACA ZONE, NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR LAS JUNTAS

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 THE DEPOSIT COVERS 200 SQ. KM.

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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