CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
763 Peru (Ica) 14.01.43 S -- 075.35.17 W Monterrosas Cu; Fe
 
Database name: World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2015-03-04
   
Deposit name(s): Monterrosas
Political location(s): Peru; Province or state: Ica; Nearest community: Lima (300 km SE)
Deposit clan (type): Kiruna-type
Geologic province: Andean Orogen
Geologic subprovince: Coastal Cordillera
Geologic district: Arequipa Segment
Commodities: Cu; Fe
Geological ages: Middle Cretaceous (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) intrusive; gabbro-diorite suite (Early intrusions Patap super-unit ); Magma series/sedimentary package/metamorphic group: calc-alkaline; Depositional setting: continental; Metamorphic grade: none
Host rock stratigraphy:Patap Super-unit
References:
Atkin , B.; Injoque, J.; Harvey, P., 1985
Cu-Fe-amphibole Mineralization in the Arequipa segment
in Magmatism at a Plate Edge: The Peruvian Andes, Edited by Pitcher, W. S.; Atherton, M. P.; Cobbing, E. J.; Beckinsale, R. D., Glasgow, Blackie and Son Ltd, p. 261 - 270

Injoque, J., 2002
Fe Oxide-Cu-Au Deposits in Peru: An Integrated View
Section The Americas, in Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, Volume 2, Edited by Porter, T. M., Australian Mineral Foundation, Adelaide, Australia, PGC Publishing, Adelaide, 377 p, p. 97 - 114

Sillitoe, 2003
Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits: An Andean View
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 38, p. 787 - 812

Vidal, C. E.; Injoque, J.; Sidder, G., 1990
Amphibolitic Cu-Fe Skarn Deposits in the Central Coast of Peru
Economic Geology, Volume 85, p. 1447 - 1461


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