Database name: |
World Fe-oxide+/-Cu-Au-U (IOCG) deposits |
Compilers: |
Sunil S. Gandhi |
Release date: |
2015-03-04 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Marcona Mine (mine name) |
Political location(s): |
Peru; Province or state: Ica; Subprovince or locality: Nazca; Nearest community: San Juan de Marcona |
Deposit clan (type): |
Kiruna-type |
Deposit status: |
producer; Status comments: open pit |
Geologic province: |
Andean Orogen |
Geologic subprovince: |
Coastal Cordillera |
Geologic district: |
Caņete-Huarmey Marginal Basin |
Commodities: |
Fe |
Mineralization styles: |
massive; stockwork; breccia |
Geological ages: |
Early Paleozoic (host rocks) Late Jurassic (host rocks) Cretaceous (mineralization) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate-chert (contains a single quartzite layer)Individual lithologies: | limestone (silicified) marble (dolomitic) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Marcona Formation |
(2) volcanic; intermediate volcanic rocksExternal host rock forms: | flows sill(s) | Individual lithologies: | andesite basaltic andesite volcaniclastic limestone (restricted) | Host rock stratigraphy: | Rio Grande Formation |
(3) intrusive; granodiorite-tonalite suite (Proximal to mineralization); Depositional setting: hypabyssalExternal host rock forms: | dykes | Individual lithologies: | dacite granodiorite |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: general) Consists of multiple open pits. |
References: |
Hawkes, N.; Clark, A.; Moody, T. C., 2002 |
Marcona and Pampa de Pongo: Giant Mesozoic Fe-(Cu, Au) Deposits in the Peruvian Coastal Belt |
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. 115 - 130 |
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