Mine detail: San Fernando

Previously called 'Proyecto San Fernando'

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Location

Lat / long:

-3.06243, -79.2123

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Bismuth, Nickel, Cobalt, Tin, Antimony
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Sulfur
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1967

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Tarqui Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite,Dacite,Andesite
Structure:	Azuay Horst, Sub Horizontal Strata Cut By Normal Faults.
Tectonic:	On Se Part Of Horst, Limited To North By Canar Fault Zone And To The East By Inter-Andean Graben.
Alteration processes:	Strong Silicification Of Volcanic Tuff Breccia, Amorphous To Chalcedonic.

References

MRDS	TC37864
DEP	10063847
Reference	{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, AN EXHALATIVE VOLCANIC IRON SULFIDE STRATABOUND DEPOSIT NEAR SAN FERNANDO, AZUAY PROVINCE ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67(4), P. 469-480.}{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:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.}{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67(4), P. 458-468.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony