CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
505 Peru 14.05 S -- 070.36 W Desaguadero Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Desaguadero
Political location(s): Peru; Nearest community: Mucasani
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; in redbeds
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Permian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Mitu Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in redbeds; very approximate location
References:
Boggio, M. S., 1985
Copper
Part 3, Section Metallic Ore Deposits, in Peru: A Mining Country, Edited by Samamé Boggio, M., Volume, INGEMMET, Lima, Perú, Editorial Grafica Pacific Press S. A., Lima, Peru, 4-Pt 1, 352 p, p. 101 - 352


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