Mine detail: Pilzhum

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -2.6405, -78.77201

Resource(B)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Bismuth
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Enargite, Freibergite, Galena, Proustite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1800

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Tarqui Formation
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:N-S And E-W Faults.

References

MRDSTC37776
DEP10063790
Reference{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).}
ReporterMiller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony