Mine detail: Portovelo Gold Mines

Previously called 'Cima'

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Location

Lat / long: -3.63962, -79.58925

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Gold, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Cadmium
Ore: Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form: NARROW, PARALLEL
Discovery year: 1549

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1878-1971
First production started: 1549

Geology

Host rock:Celica Formation;;
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Portovelo-Pinas Nw-Se Fault
Alteration processes:Propylitization, Silicification; 30 Cm Clay-Sericite Alteration Envelopes; Some Secondary Hematite.

References

MRDSW002104
DEP10068846
Reference{Deposit:: UNDP, 1969, GOLD AND BASE METAL SULPHIDES-PORTOVELO, REPORT NO. 2}{Deposit:: BILLINGSLEY, P. 19-26, ZARUMA GOLD DISTRICT, AIMME, VOL. 74, P. 255-275}{Deposit:: PALADINES, P.A., SAN MARTIN, D.H., AND SUAREZ, L.H., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.}{Deposit:: GEMUTS, I., LOPEZ, G., AND JIMENEZ, F., 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 92, PP. 14-16.}{Deposit:: STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., 57(5), P. 799-808.}{Deposit:: PUIG, C.A., 1984, ECUADOR LOOKING TO MINING INCOME TO SUPPLEMENT OIL REVENUES, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 185, P. 85,89,92.}{Deposit:: THOURNOUT, VAN AND MERLYN, M., 1990, NUEVO MODELO METALOGENICO EN PORTOVELO, MINERIA ECUATORIANA, NO. 2, P. 17-19.}{Deposit:: GUSIAMANO, A.J., 1982, ESTUDIO MINERALOGICO DE PORTOVELO, FLYSCH, NO. 3, P. 95-128.}{Deposit:: 1964 UNDP}{Deposit:: MANY AT MINE. UNDP REPORTS AT UN, NY OF LIMITED DISTRIBUTION}{Deposit:: 1968 UNDP, REPORT ON NEGATIVE RESULTS}{Production:: UNDP, ECUADOR, REPORT NO 2, 1969}{Reserve-Resource:: UNDP, ECUADOR, REPORT NO. 2, 1969}
ReporterIrving, Earl M., Lopez, Tony