Mine detail: Alpacay Gold-Copper Deposit 77

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.84773, -72.8663
dep_id: 10068874
mrds_id: W002146
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Calcite
alteration: Feldspars As Much As 3 M. From Vein Walls Are Altered To Calcite And Sericite And The Dark Minerals To Chlorite; Also, Clay Has Formed At The Vein Walls.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Diorite
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1680
disc_yr: 1680
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 344
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: AGUILAR, REVOREDO, J.F., 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECHNICO SUPERIOR, P. 54-55
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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