Antapaccay

Unknown in Peru with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400138
Record type Model Type
Current site name Antapaccay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 71.26945, 14.91732 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • Assoc Deposits less 5km: 18b

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Ore
Malachite Ore
Biotite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Epidote Ore
Garnet Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tennantite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 71.26945, 14.91732

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Map Number: 263
  • Deposit age: Paleogene?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1930

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2007
    Total resources 380mt ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reference

    Sillitoe, R.H., 2000, Exploration and discovery of base-metal deposits in the Circum-Pacific region - a late 1990s update (Antapaccay, Peru, p. 11-13): Resource Geology Special issue no. 21, Society of Resource Geology, Tokyo, 51 p.

  • Reference

    Zappettini, E., Godeas, M., Seggiaro, P., Korzeniewski, L.I., Rubiolo, D., Miranda-Angles, V., Uribe-Zeballos, h.,Heuschmidt, B., Rodriges, C.S., Vivallo, A.S., Gardeweg, M.P., Mpodozis, C.M., Palacios, C., Maidana, M.P., Rondoy, E.B., Ronquillo, M.C., and Cocking, R., 2001, Mapa metallogenico de la region fronteriza entre Argentina, Bolivia, Chile y Peru (14 oS y 28oS)Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Minera-Chile, Publication Geologica Multinacional, no. 2, 222 p., 1 map

  • Reference

    Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060(2005), http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW 12/11/07

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Skarn

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-2007 Baker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.) U.S. Geological Survey Model type record

Beyond USGS

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