Mine detail: San Fernando

Previously called 'Proyecto San Fernando'

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Location: Azuay, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long: -3.06243, -79.2123
dep_id: 10063847
mrds_id: TC37864
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Bismuth, Nickel, Cobalt, Tin, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Pyrite, Sulfur
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
alteration: Strong Silicification Of Volcanic Tuff Breccia, Amorphous To Chalcedonic.
ore_ctrl: Impregnations Of Sulfides In Acid Silicified Volcanics And Breccia.
Reporter: Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony
hrock_unit: Tarqui Formation
hrock_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.
disc_yr: 1967
discr: U.N. Development Program
References:
  • 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
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