Mine detail: Macuchi

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -0.89836, -79.03313

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSTC37740
DEP10063769
Reference{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, P. 458-468.}{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., SAN MARTIN, 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:: STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 57(5), P. 799-808.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: STOLL (1962).}
ReporterMiller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony