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Canzas District

Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001606
MRDS ID W002182
Record type District
Current site name Canzas District
Alternate or previous names Cansa, Canza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.633, -14.02279 (WGS84)
Relative position NO. 17 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) CHLORITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.633, -14.02279
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • THE ROCKS OF THE AREA ARE A RATHER COMPLEX ASSEMBLAGE OF GRANITIC ROCKS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN STUDIED ADEQUATELY AS YET. THE OLDEST ROCKS SEEM TO BE A LIGHT GRAY COARSE-GRAINED EQUIGRANULAR HORNBLENDE BIOTITE DIORITE CUT BY DARK GREEN PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE DIKES. THIS ROCK IS INTRUDED BY A EQUIGRANULAR GRANODIORITE COMPOSED OF PLAGIOCLASE, ORTHOCLASE, HORNBLENDE, AND BIOTITE. THE VEINS ARE RELATED TO A DARK FINE- TO VERY FINE-GRAINED DIORITE FACIES OF THE GRANODIORITE. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF MILKY WHITE COARSE CALCITE WITH MASSIVE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND A LITTLE GLASSY, FERRUGINOUS OR MILKY QUARTZ, COMPACT GRANULAR MAGNETITE, RHODOCHROSITE, CHLORITE, AND TOURMALINE. MARCASITE AND BISMUTHINITE HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND CUPRIFEROUS HETEROGENITE (HYDROUS COBALT OXIDE) WAS IDENTIFIED TENTATIVELY BY PFLUCKER (1948). CALCITE APPEARS TO BE AN EARLY MINERAL AND WAS FOLLOWED BY COPPER MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1600

Mining district

District name CANZAS DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA CANZA
    First year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 663

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    OLAECHEA, TEODORICO, 1888, LIGERA RELACION DEL VIAGE A LA PROVINCIA DE ICA: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 1, V. 4, P. 37-39, 42-46

  • Deposit

    FUCHS, FREDERICO G., 1905, LA REGION CUPRIFERA DE LOS ALREDEDORES DE ICA Y NAZCA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL. NO. 29, P. 41-54.

  • Deposit

    FUCHS, FREDERICO G., 1944, EL COBRE EN EL PERU: SOC. NAC. DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO BOL., V. 1, NO. 2, P. 35-39.

  • Deposit

    NARDUCCI, M. 1888, APUNTES RETROSPECTIVOS SOBRE LOS MINERALES DE COBRE DE LA PROVINCIA DE ICA: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., V. 4, P. 12-15, 18-22.

  • Deposit

    PFLUCKER, LUIS A., 1948

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