Mine detail: Arequipa Gold Deposits - 62 and Others

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.69773, -73.86633

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1677

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Propylitization, Kaolinization, Pyritization Of Wallrocks

References

MRDS	W001992
DEP	10068750
Reference	{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA V PERTROLEO, LIMA, PERU. NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: SIMONS F. S. 1960, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT. P. 344-379}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUB. REPOR}{Production:: FRANK SIMONS (REF.)}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H.