Mine detail: Suyubama

Previously called 'Veins: El CarmenPadre De DiosSan VicentePauco'

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Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -7.88415, -77.52309
dep_id: 10064310
mrds_id: TC38638
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
alteration: Kaolinization, Silicification
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pataz Batholith
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Maranon Complex
arock_type: Metavolcanic Rock
References:
  • 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:: RUIZ SANCHEZ, F., 1989, INFORME TECNICO MINA SUYUBAMBA: BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, B3712.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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