Mine detail: Purgatorio

Previously called 'El Purgatorio'

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Location

Lat / long:

7.18927, -60.69046

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Caballape Formation;Grupo Carichapo
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Vuelvan Caras Pluton
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	TC50038
DEP	10067007
Reference	{Deposit:: SARDI AND OTHERS, 1987.}{Deposit:: VASQUEZ, J.C., 1989, EL MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS Y LA EXPLORACION AURIFERA, IN PRIMER SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DEL ORO EN VENEZUELA: CARACAS, GRAFICAS LOS PALOS GRANDES C.A., P. 300-324.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)