Tintaya

PeruUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
Porphyry Cu-Mo
Discovery Year
1917

Overview

+200 Mt resources at 1.5% Cu, 0.23 g/t Au, 6.8 g/t Ag relate to mineralized skarn probably accompanied by porphyry mineralization. Andahuaylas-Yauri belt. 70% of the deposit covered by alluvium.

Geological Context

Host Rock: andesite porphyry, breccia, dacite porphyry, quartz monzonite porphyry, latite porphyry, mafic dike, skarn (33)

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1985

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS