Mine detail: Andaray Gold-Copper Mine 76

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Location:	Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-15.8894, -73.01631
dep_id:	10068875
mrds_id:	W002147
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Lead, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
gangue:	Clay, Marcasite, Pyrite
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type:	Diorite
Structure:	See Comments
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1750
disc_yr:	1750
prod_yrs:	1903-1955, EXCLUDING 1906, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1916, 1938 WHERE DATA IS LACKING
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 349 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: DENEGRI, MARCO A., 1905, ESTUDIOS DE MINERIA PRACTICA: 109 P., LIMA, IMPRENTA LA INDUSTRIA, P. 9-22 Deposit:: FORT, MICHEL, 1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL ANO DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS, IND. Y CONSTR., SER. 2, V. 15, P. 40 Deposit:: 5) BECKWITH, H. REA, 1939, GOLD IN PERU: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 140, NO. 5, P. 49053 Deposit:: 6) AGUILAR, REVORADO, J.F., 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, P. 50-54. Deposit:: 7) ALVARADO, L.U., 1905, YACIMIENTOS AURIFEROS DE CONDESUYOS Y CAMANA: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 20, P. 15-16, 19-29 Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972