Chavez N2, Porphyry copper prospect

Chavez N2

Porphyry copper prospect in Ica, Peru

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	262
Alternate names	Chavez N-2
Tract name	Peru-Ecuador Cretaceous Almacen (005pCu1007)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Peru
State or province	Ica
Geographic location	-75.416666667, -14.233333333 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-75.416666667, -14.233333333
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Cretaceous or younger
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	biotite, bornite, calcite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, covellite, cuprite, enargite, galena, hematite/specularite, kaolinite, limonite, malachite, molybdenite, pyrite, sericite, sphalerite, tenorite
Associated rocks	quartz monzonite porphyry, quartz latite porphyry, andesite, basalt, limestone
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Cretaceous or younger

Commodity and development information

Development status	Unknown
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Copper production in 1970 and 1987.
Study area name	Andes
References	Simons (1964?); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	Cunningham and others (2008)

Simons, F.S., [1964?], The mineral deposits of Peru: Tucson, Ariz., U.S. Geological Survey Latin American Archive, unpub. manuscript, 1715 p., and 337 figures, and tables and oversize maps.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.