Mine detail: La Plata

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -0.35978, -78.94701

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Macuchi Formation
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDSTC37708
DEP10063755
Reference{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, P. 458-468.}{Deposit:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIO.}{Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF EQUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, EQUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: PALADINES, P.A., SANMARTIN, D.H., AND SUAREZ, L.H., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1982, PROFILE ON ECUADOR, VOL. 298, NO. 7657, P. 367-368.}{Deposit:: STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 57(5), P. 799-808.}{Deposit:: PUIG, C.A., 1984, ECUADOR LOOKING TO MINING INCOME TO SUPPLEMENT OIL REVENUES, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 185, P. 85, 89, 92.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, DEC. 1983, P. 190.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: WORLD MINING (1983).}
ReporterMiller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony, Page, Norman J.