Chiqllarasu
mountain in Peru
Chiqllarasu (Quechua, chiqlla green, Ancash Quechua rasu snow, ice, mountain with snow, Hispanicized spelling Chicllarazo) Portugueza or Portuguesa is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,167 metres (16,952 ft) high. It is situated in the Ayacucho Region, Cangallo Province, Paras District. Chiqllarasu lies north-east of the mountain Saywa Q'asa, between the villages Patawasi (Patahuasi) in the northwest and Kichkawasi (Quichcahuasi) in the southeast.
Chiqllarasu lies on the top of the crest of the Western Cordillera.(Noble & McKee 1982, p. 1893) It features a 7 by 4 kilometres (4.3 mi × 2.5 mi) wide caldera,(Guillou-Frottier, Burov & Milési 2000, p. 342) known as the Cerro Sagollan caldera.(Wise & Noble 2008, p. 80) Within the 800 metres (2,600 ft) thick deposits gold and silver have been found.(Guillou-Frottier, Burov & Milési 2000, p. 342) These are epithermal deposits with low sulfide content.(Guillou-Frottier, Burov & Milési 2000, p. 352) The caldera was formed on a central volcano which erupted andesite and dacite.(Sillitoe & Bonham 1984, p. 1292) This edifice originally reached a diameter of 30 kilometres (19 mi) or more(Noble & McKee 1982, p.
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