Mine detail: Papagayo

Previously called 'Mercedes Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.68833, -77.64976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pataz Batholith
Host type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Well Developed Selvages Of Muscovite And Quartz On Veins.

References

MRDS	TC38636
DEP	10064309
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.