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Quelleveco

Producer in Peru with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
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  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 10400166
Record type Model Type
Current site name Quelleveco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 70.58447, 17.10802 (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 10km: 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Calcite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Clay Ore
Covellite Ore
Epidote Ore
Iron Ore
Jarosite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sericite Ore
Turquoise Ore

Comments on the analytical data

  • Tonnage includes 213 Mt of secondarily enriched material at 0.94% Cu.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock type qualifier porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
    Rock type qualifier porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 70.58447, 17.10802
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • In June 1995, Quellaveco is regarded as a classic porphyry copper deposit with a significant zone of secondary chalcocite enrichment at surface, underlain by primary sulfides.

    http://www.metalseconomics.com/

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reference

    Chavez, W.X., Jr., 1999, Peru: SEG (Society of Economic Geologists) Newsletter, no. 37, p. 30

  • Reference

    Anonymous, 1993, peru: Advertisement Supplement to Mining Journal, January 22, v. 320, no. 8208, p. 1-?

  • Reference

    Helberg, J.E.A., 2000, La exploracion geophisica del Yacimiento Quellaveco entre 1972-1979: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimentos minreales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Institut de Ingenieros de Minas del peru, p. 145-154

  • Reference

    Hollister, V.F., 1978, Geology of the porphyry copper deposits of the Western Hemisphere: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., New York, 219 p.

  • Reference

    Clark, A.H., 1993, Are outsize porphyry copper deposits either anatomically or environmentally distinctive, in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., and Mason, R., eds., Giant ore deposits: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 2, p. 213-283

  • Reference

    Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68

  • Reference

    Petersen, U., and Vidal, C.E., 1996, Magmatic and tectonic controls on the nature and distribution of copper deposits in Peru, in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R.H., and Petersen, R., eds., Andean copper deposits: new discoveries, mineralization, styles and metallogeny: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication No. 5, p. 1-18

  • 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 on 12/11/07

  • Ownership

    www.mininglife.com
    Retrieved from the WWW 12/14/07

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Map Number 271

Reporter information

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

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