Mine detail: Macuchi

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Location: Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long: -0.89836, -79.03313
dep_id: 10063769
mrds_id: TC37740
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Reporter: Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony
hrock_unit: Macuchi Formation
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • 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).
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