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Chalcopyrite from
Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quellaveco Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619054
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619054:5
GUID (UUID V4):c4cb2e63-6c0a-4004-8d2d-14dc0dad53e5
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
10.3km (6.4 miles) Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua, Peru
16.5km (10.2 miles) Toquepala Mine, Ilabaya, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru
96.3km (59.8 miles) Mariela Fe deposit, Cocachacra, Cocachacra District, Islay Province, Arequipa, Peru
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Ignimbrite Eruption in the Porphyry Copper Province of Southern Perú CHAN X. QUANG, ALAN H. CLARK...chronology for the area surrounding the Cuajone, Quellaveco, and Toquepala deposits (ca. 17° S) is revised...processes were probably active in the Cuajone-Quellaveco-Toquepala district. Slow erosion and the accumulation...of the Cuajone and Toquepala deposits and thr Quellaveco prospect, which are intersected by both the Altos...at 13.0 Ma interrupted supergene processes at Quellaveco. Revision of volcanostratigraphic relationships
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation in the Paleocene to Eocene of Southern Peru* ADAM T. SIMMONS,1,** RICHARD M. TOSDAL,1,† JOSEPH...California 94305 Peru Copper Corporation, Casilla 303, Toquepala, Peru 4 Southern Peru Copper Corporation...Cuajone, Peru 5 AngloAmerican Exploration, Lima, Peru Abstract The Paleocene to Eocene southern Peru porphyry...significant porphyry Cu-Mo deposits at Cuajone, Quellaveco, and Toquepala. Ten new zircon U-Pb Sensitive...and Toquepala, together with published ages for Quellaveco, establish a magmatic history characterized by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EnvironmentandAge of SupergeneEnrichment of the Cuajone,Quellaveco,andToquepalaPorphyry Copper Deposits, SoutheasternPeru...CopperCorporation,Casilla 303, Tacna,Peru* Abstract Copperoregradesof theCuajone,Quellaveco, andToquepala porphyryCu(-Mo)deposits...latter interval.At Toquepalaand,to a lesserextent, Quellaveco,the landformregimesweredominatedby openvalle...___ 0.4 Ma at Cuajoneandby 9.5 ___ 0.5 Ma at Quellaveco;the timingof laterenrichment atToquepala islessconstrained...Presentaddress:MMagaGrenet316, Umacollo,Arequipa,Peru. 1604 CUAJONE,QUELLAVECO,AND TOQUEPALA DEPOSITS,SEPERU 1605
Book
Gemstonesof Peru . TO ' ..J.O[_)(ON '\J./ITI1 KY Be-51 R~GAF-P5 f JaroslavHyrsl Gemstonesof...Gemstonesof Peru GRflnil © 2012 Text by Jaroslav Hyr~I © 2012 Photos by Jaroslav Hycll (166), Fidel Salinas...Coll. Z. Rosales. Photo J Hyrsl. 6 Introduction Peru is a country rich in minerals, with numerous very...Crowley et al. (1997) and most recently in the book "Peru, Paradise of Minerals" (Hyrsl et al., 2011 ). N...deals with faceted gemstones, which are very rare in Peru. And finally, the reader can find the bibliography
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LONGEVITY OF PORPHYRY COPPER FORMATION AT QUELLAVECO, PERU RICHARD H. SILLITOE,1,† AND JAMES K. MORTENSEN2...Paleocene to early Eocene Quellaveco porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in southern Peru spans several phases...life span of the major Quellaveco porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit in southern Peru, including the approximate...U-Pb zircon dating. This approach is possible at Quellaveco because the results of drill-core logging and...mineralization copper porphyry body. Quellaveco Geology The Quellaveco deposit, located near the northern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MetallogenicEvolution of the Andes of Southeastern Peru ALANH. CLARK,EDWARDFARlIAR,DANIELJ. KONTAK,*ROBERT... GedlogoConsultor,Caminosdel Inca 698, Lima 33, Peru LYNNEJ. FRANCE,**SANDRA L. MCBRIDE,PRISCILLA L...post-Paleozoic metallogenicevolutionof southeastern Peru is clarifiedon the basisof the stratigraphic an...contiguous centralAndeantransects, southeastern Peru differsmarkedlyfrom other areasof the countryin...detailedinformationon the greatmajority SOUTHEASTERN Peru (Figs.1 and2) displaysa wider of the ore deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Min6ralisations Associ6cs dans le Porphyre Cuprif6re de Quellaveco (Sud Ouest du P6rou) J.-L. Zimmermann Centre...Superieure de Geologie, Nancy, France puis Minero Peru, Casilla 4332, Lima, P6rou Les ~ges K-Ar des roches...roches granodioritiques du stock de Quellaveco, des rhyolites encaissantes et d'un dyke subvolcanique...cog~n~tiques. Granodioritic rocks from the stock of Quellaveco, their surrounding rhyolites and a subvolcanic...types. INTRODUCTION Le porphyre cuprif~re de Quellaveco appartient ~ la "ceinture Cu-Mo-Au" de la bordure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VERDE-SANTA ROSA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo CLUSTER, AREQUIPA, PERU CHAN X. QUANG,† ALAN H. CLARK, JAMES K.W. LEE, Department...Avenida Alfonso Ugarte 304, Casilla 299, Arequipa, Peru Abstract The contiguous Cerro Verde and Santa Rosa...American plate boundary for at least 800 km in southern Peru and northern Chile (Fig. 1a). Centered at latitude...sericites directly associated with hypogene chalcopyrite-pyrite mineralization and for supergene alunite-group...first such data for a porphyry deposit in southern Peru. Geologic Framework Host rocks and structural relationships
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry copper deposits account for 60% of the world's mine production of copper and constitute 80% of ore reserves...La Verde 36. Cananea SA Colombia 37. Mocoa X Peru 38. La Granja SA 39. 40. Rosa 41. 42. Antamina...(1984) SA c C KS Cuajone Toro Mocho X 43. Quellaveco 44. Michiquillay X X X Chile 45. Cerro Blanco...Tyrone (Titley, 1982), Yerington (Titley, 1982) Peru: Chalcobamba (Samame Boggio, 1980), Pashpa (Samame...the top, although information from drillholes and mine exposures is more limited. Sulfide zoning usually
Report (issue)
deposits, the copper occurs predominantly in chalcopyrite; other important copper ore minerals may include...and arsenides in an assemblage of magnetite, chalcopyrite, and bornite in the porphyry deposit at Elatsite...than areas of less-IP-reactive clay minerals, chalcopyrite, and bornite. Spectral IP has been used to classify...distinguish noneconomic sulfides such as pyrite from chalcopyrite and bornite (Zonge and Wynn, 1975; Zonge and...hypogene, copper-bearing sulfide mineral is chalcopyrite, although substantial amounts of copper may
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A SpecialIssueDevoted to the Mineral Depositsof Peru Preface ULRICH PETERSEN, Departmentof Earth and...PerubarS.A.,Juan de Arona 830 (Of 90I), Lima 27, Peru AND DONALD C. NOBLE MackaySchoolof Mines, Universityof...wasmostlyusedfor the treatment of silver and gold ores in Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico (RodriguezHoyle, 1974). In...1879. Exploratorydrilling for petroleumstartedin Peru in 1863, five yearsafter the Drake well was completedin...furtheringthe mining the continental shelf of northwestern Peru and on a industrythroughoutthis time. Also importantwere
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper. In contrast, higher hypogene pyrite/chalcopyrite ratios (2.3) at Bayugo led to greater acid production...(Ph) Tapian (Ph) Guinaoang (Ph) Kalamatan (Ph) Quellaveco (Pe) Marcopper (Ph) Dizon (Ph) Lobo-Boneng (Ph)...Chile, Co = Colombia, NM = New Mexico (USA), Pe = Peru, Ph = Philippines, PNG = Papua New Guinea. Minorco-Anglo...0361-0128/98/000/000-00 $6.00 336 Peru Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa 150 Cuajone 120 Quellaveco 80 Toquepala 150–350 La...are associated primarily with K silicate-stage chalcopyrite ± bornite ± quartz veins. Many of these veins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
China a Anhui Province Engineering Research Center for Mineral Resources and Mine Environments, Hefei...deposit discovered in the southeastern part of Anhui Province (Jiang et al., 2015). Despite the research and...mineralization within the orebody is dominated by chalcopyrite and typical mineralized intercepts contain 0...reaction component of our modeling used typical chalcopyrite formation equation and enthalpy and entropy...porosity and permeability The deposition of chalcopyrite changes porosity as well as other factors such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits in the Wugongshan mining district in Jiangxi Province, South China. Both deposits contain stockwork...sulfide and oxide minerals (e.g., molybdenite, chalcopyrite, and magnetite), and Ar-Ar dating of K-bearing...located in the Wugongshan mining district in Jiangxi Province, South China. The district is situated between...wolframite–quartz-vein-type W deposits in 6 Jiangxi Province. The deposit is located within the southeastern...quartz + molybdenite + chalcopyrite + muscovite vein and greisen ore with chalcopyrite + molybdenite + scheelite
Book
Rents Chapter3 BCL’s Selebi-Phikwe Nickel-Copper Mine in Botswana Early History of Bamangwato Concessions...for the Future Chapter 4 SPCC’s Cuajone Copper Mine Historical Background Political Background Early...Negotiation of the 1969 Cuajone Contract The Loss of Quellaveco The Feasibility Study and the Investment Plan...5 A Case Study of Freeport Indonesia’s Ertsberg Mine Introduction Harly History Major Provisions of...Investment Committee St. Joe Minerals’ El Indio Mine Status of Other Foreign Investment Mining Projects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits and prospects in northern Chile and southern Peru cited in the text. The easterly upper Eocene to...and contiguous northwest Argentina and southern Peru (Fig. 1), exhibit hypogene Cu grades of at least...which dominate the Pacific piedmont in southern Peru and northern Chile, were generated rapidly under...profile of the Toquepala porphyry deposit, southern Peru (Anderson, 1982; Clark et al., 1990a), are poorly...with the erosion surfaces in the wider Atacama province (e.g., Clark et al., 1990a). Subsequently, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oligocene Andahuaylas-Yauri Belt, Cuzco Region, Peru JOSÉ PERELLÓ,† Antofagasta Minerals S.A. Ahumada...belt of southeastern Peru is rapidly emerging as an important porphyry copper province. Field work by the...(-Au, -Mo) mineralization occurs in the form of chalcopyrite and bornite, in intimate association with early-stage...developed by in situ oxidation of low-pyrite, chalcopyrite (-bornite) mineralization. Porphyry copper-bearing...deflection. Similarly, evidence from southeastern Peru suggests that the Andahuaylas-Yauri belt may be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz monzonite; h vein of quartz–molybdenite–chalcopyrite in potassic altered quartz monzonite; i veinlet...porphyry; j vein of quartz–sericite–molybdenite–chalcopyrite in potassic and strongly phyllic altered quartz...quartz monzonite; k molybdenite blebs and chalcopyrite disseminated in potassic altered quartz monzonite;...zone. Abbreviations: Bi secondary biotite, Cpy chalcopyrite, Kf K-feldspar, Moly molybdenite, Pl plagioclase...(GGG 2008a). Hypogene sulfide minerals comprise chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and pyrite, with minor bornite
Book
P')76m Purser, W I' C 198T- , • Metal-mining in Peru, put and present 1by1 W. F . C. Purser. New York...NIOUro.. Peru. . l. Tltle- TN~9.P8T. . -· ' • 18,50 '18-182'81 Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and...social, and political development. Metal-Mining in Peru, Past and Present -a :'O > m C) m ::D ,, Ch...importance of the mines of Peru. Part~ of the book sketches the background of Peru and its mining history...into five chapters for the five mining areas of Peru. Part III is concerned with the economic significance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia 4 Earthquake Administration of Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110034, China 5 Lituo Mining Company...accounting for > 20% of the surface outcrop across the mine area. The gabbro pluton has a length of 1 km, a...minor disseminations have been identified during mine-scale exploration. The Ag-Pb-Zn ores are mainly...main sulfide assemblage (galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite; Fig. Table 2 3b). Silicification...veinlets occur on the margins of major veins. d Chalcopyrite-bearing vein associated with quartzsericite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diffuse enrichment occurs within a particular province that is then upgraded by more focused processes...the stockworks are present at the Mt. Charlotte mine. CE P TE D MA A recent study has also highlighted...Paleozoic rocks in this area. AC The Carlin province in northeast Nevada is one of the largest gold-producing...exceeding 6,000 t (193 Moz, Emsbo et al., 2006). The province hosts numerous gold deposits ranging in age from...from other gold deposit types developed in the province (e.g. Fig. 5 and 6 ; Emsbo et al., 1999; Emsbo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, locatedprocesses. in countries such as Chile, Peru, the United States of America, Mexico Other challenges...processes. and deposits, in countries such the as Chile, Peru,role the of United States of America, MexThe goal...others) (Escondida, El Teniente), Peru (Cerro Verde II, Quellaveco), China (Zijinshan gold-copper This...renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and mine), United States and Australia (Olympic Dam), it...decomposition mechanism of sulfide minerals (chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite, chalcocite, galena, sphalerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1917),are (Livingston et al., 1968)andin southern Peru(Clarket al., important processes thataffected theuppermost...supergene alunitefromthe Eseondida porphyry copper province. Indeed,perhaps onlytwoof thesemajordepositsdeposit(Fig...0361-0128/96/1809/164-1655.00 164 CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT in controlling anyagedifferences...exploration andthefundamental controls ofthe i PERU ." 0 Km 165 200 oxidation and enrichment event...TheLongitudinal Valleylacks bed- CHILEAN Cu PROVINCE: OXIDATION & ENRICHMENT 167 Saric,1975)andthelatter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
known, allowing better criteria for decisions on mine concession acquisitions, plan geophysical and geochemical...are located in southern Peru, at Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa, Cuajone, Quellaveco and Toquepala, whereas in...Ma) belt varies in width from 130 km in southern Peru to 30-50 km in northern Chile, and includes mainly...(20-4 Ma) belt is wider, up to 400 km, extends along Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, and contains a variety...Valenzuela et al., 2014). To the north, in southernmost Peru, early-middle Paleocene porphyry copper-related
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyrite. (3) B veins: B veins contain quartz – chalcopyrite – pyrite ± magnetite, D molybdenite and bornite...intrusions (Fig. 6e). The main sulfides are chalcopyrite and pyrite, minor molybdenite and rare bornite...relatively minor number of chlorite – pyrite – chalcopyrite ± quartz veins are ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT recognized...common sulfide phase NU presence, however minor chalcopyrite, molybdenite, enargite can also be MA observed...veins cutting the breccia matrix. PT E Minor chalcopyrite, specularite, trace galena and sphalerite have
 
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