Mine detail: Pilzhum

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Location:	Canar, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long:	-2.6405, -78.77201
dep_id:	10063790
mrds_id:	TC37776
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
Trace mineral:	Bismuth
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Enargite, Freibergite, Galena, Proustite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Reporter:	Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony
hrock_unit:	Tarqui Formation
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	N-S And E-W Faults.
dy_ba:	<
disc_yr:	1800
References:	Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 64, P. 458-468. 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:: 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:: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000. Deposit:: GEMUTS, I., LOPEZ, G., AND JIMENEZ, F., 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P. 14-16. Deposit:: STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 57 (5), P. 799-808. Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1975, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL ECUADOR, CANAR (HOJA 72), SCALE 1:100,000. Other Database:: CIMRI Reserve-Resource:: MAPA GEOLOGICO-HOJA 72 (1975).