Mine detail: El Gigante

Previously called 'SuciaVeins In Area: LorosPumaTorresManto'

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Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -8.27052, -77.44143
dep_id: 10064304
mrds_id: TC38630
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Muscovite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification, Chloritization, Sericitization; Veins Have Well-Developed Selvages Of Quartz And Muscovite.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pataz Batholith
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, F., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
  • Deposit:: SCHREIBER, D.W., FONTBOTE, L., AND LOCHMAN, D., 1990, GEOLOGIC SETTING, PARAGENESIS, AND PHYSIOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS HOSTED BY PLUTONIC ROCKS IN THE PATAZ REGION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1328-1347.
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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