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Pyrrhotite from
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1096887
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1096887:3
GUID (UUID V4):2c1e631d-12d8-4821-8e54-7df94ec039d5
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘAyawilca Project, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco, Peru
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘUchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘChungar Mine, Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Huaral Province, Lima, Peru
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘSantander Property, Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Huaral Province, Lima, Peru
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the Early Mineralization Stages at Cerro de Pasco, Peru* B. Rottier,1,† K. Kouzmanov,1 M. WĂ€lle... Lima, Peru Abstract The large Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru is the...high-sulfidation mineral associations: (A) several pyrrhotite pipes grading outward to sphalerite and galena...15-m-wide replacement front existing between the pyrrhotite pipes and the pyrite-quartz body allows for clarification...previous interpretations, the emplacement of the pyrrhotite pipes and their Zn-Pb mineralized rims precedes
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GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL ULRICH PERU PETERSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................................................ Cerro de Pasco .............................................century,what is now the Cerro de PascoCorporationstartedoperationsin Cerro de Pascoand later expanded'...observations and ideas. MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU 409 General summariesare presentedby McLaughlin...most part as a memberof the geologydepartmentof Cerro de PascoCorporation. This provided an excellent opportunity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic-Hydrothermal Activity at the Cerro de Pasco Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit, Central Peru: A U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar... Abstract The Cerro de Pasco epithermal Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru consists of two...duration of the magmatic-hydrothermal system at Cerro de Pasco, U-Pb age determinations and Hf isotope determinations...diatreme-dome complex and on the southern part of the Cerro de Pasco open pit, respectively. 40Ar/39Ar alunite ages...related to the second mineralization stage at Cerro de Pasco formed during a period of about 100,000 yr
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Polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi Mineralization at Cerro de Pasco, Peru* REGINA BAUMGARTNER†,** LLUÍS FONTBOTÉ,...Abstract The large Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran base metal deposit in central Peru is located on the eastern...breccia. This body is composed of pyrite with pyrrhotite inclusions, quartz, and black and red chalcedony...This body was, in part, replaced by pipelike pyrrhotite bodies zoned outward to carbonate-replacement...Rosa areas, located 2.5 km northwest of the Cerro de Pasco open pit and in the southern part of the deposit
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Environ.merit of ()re Depositionat Cerro1)ePasco,Peru M‱mco T. EINAUDI Abstract The massivesulfidereplacementbodyin...Pascovolcanicneck containsan early associationof pyrrhotite and FeS-rich sphalerite alteredby late fluidsto...sequence quartz-pyrrhotite-wolframite, pyrrhotite-stannite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite, and pyrrhotite (pyrite)...extends up to 600 metersfrom the pyrrhotite pipes,where pyrrhotite disappearsand galenabecomes increasinglyabundant...‱l = 0.15). Mean valuesof X reS: 0.21 in the pyrrhotite pipes; (2) 0.23 within 50 m of the pipes,wheresphaleriterarely
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Giant Epithermal Polymetallic Deposit of Cerro de Pasco, Peru B. Rottier,1,†,* K. Kouzmanov,1 V. Casanova...mid-Miocene Cerro de Pasco Cordilleran polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi) deposit in central Peru formed during...emplaced at a paleodepth from <500 to 1,500 m: (1) pyrrhotite pipes grading outward to sphalerite and galena...the giant epithermal polymetallic deposit of Cerro de Pasco. Such a mechanism may also explain moderate-salinity...online. USA and Cerro de Pasco, Colquijirca, Julcani, Morococha, and Quiruvilca in Peru—the term “Cordilleran”
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PYRITE CERRO BODY AND COPPER DE PASCO MINE, HECTOR OREBODIES CENTRAL PERU J. WARD CONTENTS...ABSTRACT The general geology of the Cerro de Pasco Mine in Central Peru is briefly reviewed to acquaint the...and structural factors. CERRO de PascoMine on the westernside of Cerro de Pascotownshipis at 10042'...latitude and 76015' west longitude (Fig. 1) in Central Peru. The collar of the main shaft, Lourdes shaft, is...MAP CENTRAL PERU ,,,-,..,, _ Fro. 1. Locality map. The writer, who was at Cerro de Pascoduringthe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1991 Structure and ag e of the Cerro de Pasco Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Peru E.S. Cheney * Department of Geology...The world-famous Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag deposit at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, consists of texturally massive pyrite,...unrelated to the Vent. The Cerro de Pasco Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag deposit of central Peru (Fig. 1) has long been genetically...known as "the Vent" (Graton and Bowditch 1936; Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp., Geological Staff 1950 - hereafter...three major hypogene sulfide assemblages at Cerro de Pasco are: massive pyrite (with associated smaller
Journal (issue)
and TSKnerals of i'eru ! Indian miner, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, 1869 (Simonin, 1869). J3E(mes and J3E(merals...group, 7 cm, from the Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Marty Zinn collection; Jeff Scovil photo............................... History of Peru Mining in Peru The Mineral Specimen Business C o l l e c............. Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, department of La Libertad PASTO BUENO G r................. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca province, department of Ancash R a u r a -H u a n z a l
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JULY-AUGUST' 19i1 THE INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT OF PYRRHOTITE ALTERATION 89443 eedHeights,!{ euad'a MancoT...in samples from Cerro de Pasco and Cobriza, Per(, associated with hexagonal pyrrhotite and pyrite-marcasite...Nebel (1919). Nebel describes the replacement of pyrrhotite in the Duluth Complex by an unknown gralri5fi-1...have noted this phaseas an alteration product of pyrrhotite and have equated it. with the "Zwischenprodukt"...intermediate product representsan incipient conversionof pyrrhotite to marcasite' Though this unknown sulfide does
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
foundby YundandKullerud. The tentativejoin bornite-pyrrhotite in this previousdiagramis corroborated by Yund...with As:S approximately 3:5 is reportedfrom Cerro de Pasco (61. p. 822). TERNARY SYSTEM Cu-As-S Apart...out while luzonite remains. Elsewhere, as at Cerro de Pasco(42) and Luzon (35), enargiteand luzoniteare...Covelliteoccurswithin grainsof enargite(and alsoof pyrite) at Cerro de Pasco(28, p. 669) and at Kennecott (7). In the sameoresat...luzonite-enargite intergrowthis replacedby tennantite at Cerro de Pasco (42) and by tennantiteand chalcopyriteat Luzon
Report (issue)
c = 7.807(6) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Cerro de Pasco, Peru. 3.43 (100), 3.74 (80), 2.86 (70), 2.71... 11.33 18.0 18.18 100.0 100.00 (1) Cerro de Pasco, Peru. (2) Rio Tinto, Spain; by electron microprobe...ores. Association: Realgar, pyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, enargite, tetrahedrite– tennantite...hutchinsonite. Distribution: In the Excelsior mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru [TL], in large crystals. At the Santa Lucia...from the North Laxey mine. At Rio Tinto, Huelva Province, Spain. From Tsumeb, Namibia. In the Yunosawa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and porphyry-type mineralization events at Cerro de Pasco (Peru) Bertrand Rottier a,b,c,d,⁎, Kalin Kouzmanov...DĂ©partement de GĂ©ologie et GĂ©nie GĂ©ologique, UniversitĂ© Laval, QuĂ©bec, Canada Centre de recherche sur...Crystal mush a b s t r a c t The Cerro de Pasco district in central Peru hosts one of the world largest...of epithermal polymetallic mineralization at Cerro de Pasco. Detailed petrographic and geochemical (whole...and porphyry-type mineralization events at Cerro de Pasco. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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types of ores are recognized in the Huanzala mine, Peru. Zinc and lead ore of adularia-sericite type, is...Genesis of the Huanzala Deposits, Peru In the Huanzala deposits, Peru, zinc and lead deposits coexist with...summarized as follows. The mine is situated in central Peru, about 250 km north of Lima. This region is underlain...Table 1) commenced by the formation of pyrite and pyrrhotite (hexagonal), perhaps below 500°C (490°C)(Imai...Quartz Calcite Bi–Te Mineral Sericite Pyrrhotite (Hexagonal) Pyrrhotite (Monoclinic) Skarn Diopside Garnet
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underlying the epithermal polymetallic deposit of Cerro de Pasco (Peru) Bertrand Rottier 1,2 & Kalin Kouzmanov... part of Springer Nature 2017 Abstract Cerro de Pasco (Peru) is known for its large epithermal polymetallic...snapshots of the early and deep mineralizations at Cerro de Pasco. This detailed study of the porphyry-type mineralization...porphyry mineralization underlying the world-class Cerro de Pasco epithermal polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Bi) deposit... Trace elements . Oxygen isotopes . SIMS . Cerro de Pasco Introduction Mineralized porphyry systems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metallogenesisof SulfideOre Deposits in Central and Southern Peru SAMUEL B. MUKASA, Departmentof GeologicalSciences...Cf‱SARE. VIDAL C., Perubar,S.A.,Juan de Arona 830--Oficina 901, Lima 27, Peru AND JORGEINJOQUE-ESPINOZA Ch...the Peruvian ear belt. In central and northern Peru, where Pre- Andesconsistof severallithotectonicunitsrangingin...alongthe continentalmarginin central and southern Peru (Fig. 1). Paleozoicgranitoidsof the SanNicolfis...of thebatholith(LimaandTrujillo sulfide phases;pyrrhotite, marcasite,covelite, and segments) ismineralizedonlyto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which they are stronglyout of equilibrium. At Cerro de Pascoenargite-bearing solutionsencroached upon...replacementsequences(i.e., loellingitearsenopyrite-pyrrhotite). When the incompatiblemineralsare in different...non-depositionor of depositionof other minerals. Pyrrhotite and the sulfarsenidesor sulfantimonidesof lead...aboutthirty mineraldistrictsin the Andesof Central Peru. The resultsof that investigation, describingeight...opportunityto study during my residencein Central Peru for over a decade. I wish to expressmy appreciationto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CORDILLERAN BASE METAL DISTRICT, MOROCOCHA, CENTRAL PERU Honza CATCHPOLE§ Earth and Environmental Sciences...mineralization in the Morococha district, central Peru, displays a deposit-scale base metal zonation, a...et al. 2008a). In the Morococha district, central Peru, Cordilleran polymetallic mineralization displays...2008), Casapalca, Peru (McKinstry & Noble 1932, Rye & Sawkins 1974), and Colqui, Peru (Kamilli & Ohmoto...geological maps of the Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp. (1920–1960), Centromin Peru, and Pan American Silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the magmatic-hydrothermal transition (Cerro de Pasco district, Peru) Bertrand Rottier, Kalin Kouzmanov,...the magmatic-hydrothermal transition (Cerro de Pasco district, Peru), Chemical Geology (2016), doi: 10.1016/j...magmatic- IP T hydrothermal transition (Cerro de Pasco district, Peru) SC R Bertrand Rottier*, Kalin Kouzmanov*...Switzerland **** Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A., Lima, Peru present address: Memorial University of Newfoundland...largest known epithermal base metal Cerro de Pasco deposit (Peru) to a porphyry system emplaced at depth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Cerro de Barton,1970). Assemblages deposits, such as Quiruvilca and Julcani, suggest a Pasco,Peru...example, deposittype. in the earlypipesat Cerrode Pasco,Fe-richsphalerite The zonations of alteration and...mineralization, is replacedby Fe-poor sphalerite;pyrrhotite is recoupledwith observationsin somebasemetal...somebasemetal lodes placedby pyrite + marcasite;and early pyrrhotite thathighfs2phases replacelowfs2phases (McKinstry...to exist at an‱ Barton an‱ S‱inner (1979). Cerro de Pasco(GratonandBowditch,1936, p. 671) FIG. 1. Ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARCH_APRIL, 1970 COPPER ZONING IN PYRITB FROM CERRO DE PASCO, PERO: FURTHER DISCUSSION Ar.alr H. Cranr...former developedpredominantly as a replacementof pyrrhotite, and quantitativelf inherited the minor eleof...Erxaurr, M. T. (1968) Copper zoning in py1i1gfrom Cerro de Pasco, Pert' Amer' Mi'neral' s3,1748-1752. MINERALOGICAL... y. (1969) Copper zonins in pyrite from Cerro de pasco, Peru; A discussion,4rzer.Mineral. 54, 1216 lll7...MARCH_APRIL. 1970 COPPERZONINGIN PYRITE IiROM CERRODE PASCO,PERO: REPLY DENrqrsRADCrrrnn, Department oJ Geoiogy
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from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru Diego Benites, Lisard TorrĂł, Jean Vallance, Oscar...from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru, Ore Geology Reviews (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10...from a Porphyry System: the Morococha District, Peru 3 Diego Benitesa, Lisard TorrĂła,*, Jean Vallancea...Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima 15088, 7 Peru 8 b Department...porphyry- 20 related Morococha District, Central Peru. Among the investigated minerals, LA-ICP-MS 21
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
40Ar/39Ar alunite ages from the Colquijirca district, Peru: evidence of a long period of magmatic SO2 degassing...the large Miocene Colquijirca district in central Peru. Combined with previously published data, our results...Spikings : L. FontbotĂ© Section des Sciences de la Terre, UniversitĂ© de GenĂšve, Geneva, Switzerland e-mail: Ronner...BendezĂș Sociedad Minera El Brocal S. A. A., Lima, Peru L. Page Department of Geology, Lund University,...40Ar/39Ar geochronology . Cordilleran . Colquijirca . Peru Introduction Hydrothermal systems with life spans
Catalog/List
has from rece~tly bEen reidcntified Mina Pedro de Valdivia as Chile) Cumengeite. lem f3.60 C261...CHALCOPYRITE good crystals Also Quartz crystals and Peru) lxl f3 lx2 C271 CHLORITE variety RIPIDOLITE ...Okehampton Devon) lxl SOp lx2 fl.00 2x2 f2 2x3 f3 Peru) lx2 E3 Butte,Lane fine C289 (Huaron Mine lxl...UVAROVITE dar!~ green J to Diopside with minor Pyrrhotite. Eastern Finland) lx2 f.4.00 2x2 fG.OC Minerals...4x2ins (Mina 16 8mm on 1/2ins single matrix. (Cerro crystal. lins spots f4.50 Gordo massive xlins
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POLYMETALLIC AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATION BELT OF CENTRAL PERU ' PIERRE SOLER InstitutFrancais deRecherche Scientifique...ig- riods of polymetallic mineralizationin central peru neousactivity,both effusiveand intrusive,and the...kilometers northeast of central Peru (Petersen, 1965; Bellido et al., 1969; Cerro de Pasconear to the eastern...southernpart of the centralAndes(e.g., southwestof Cerro de Pasconear the top of the Sillitoe, 1981), they...normal middle ognized in the cordillera of central Peru. In this Miocene age. generalarea, a considerablenumber
 
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