Deposit number | Country | Location | Names | Commodities |
758 | Peru | 14.05.00 S -- 075.38.00 W | Yaurilla; Yaurilla Iron 42 | Fe |
Database name: | World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits | ||||||
Compilers: | Sunil S. Gandhi | ||||||
Release date: | 2015-03-04 | ||||||
Deposit name(s): | Yaurilla (deposit name); Yaurilla Iron 42 (mine name) | ||||||
Political location(s): | Peru; Nearest community: Lima (300 km SE) | ||||||
Deposit clan (type): | Kiruna-type | ||||||
Deposit status: | past producer; Size category: 19 Mt | ||||||
Geologic province: | Andean Orogen | ||||||
Geologic subprovince: | Coastal Batholith | ||||||
Geologic district: | Arequipa Segment | ||||||
Commodities: | Fe | ||||||
Mineralization styles: | massive and banded magnetite veins | ||||||
Qualified comments: | (Applies to: mineralization) Average grade 60 % Fe; mined in 1960s; veins 1 to 10 m wide and up to 1 km long; veins show vertical zoning from magnetite-rich to mafic silicate-rich at depth; magneitite-rich zones commonly banded. | ||||||
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