Mine detail: Buldibuyo Gold 60

Previously called 'Leguia Adit Veins: Santa TeresaBancos BajosChipocosSanta BarbaraBancos Altos'

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Location: La Libertad, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -8.57468, -77.39975
dep_id: 10068876
mrds_id: W002148
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: SOME VEINS ARE LENTICULAR
alteration: Veins Oxidized To Depths Of 40-50 M.
conc_proc: No Secondary Enrichment Is Recognized
ore_ctrl: Veins Strike East, Roughly Parallel To The Granodiorite Bodies; Best Developed In Shale Rather Than Granodiorite, May Die Out Completely On Entering Compact Granodiorite.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Pataz Batholite;Pataz Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1937
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, USGS UNPUB. REPORT P. 438
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969.
  • Deposit:: BROGGI
  • Deposit:: WELTER, OTTO, 1941
  • Deposit:: SCHREIBER, D.W., FONTBOTE, L., AND LOCHMANN, D., 1990, GEOLOGIC SETTING, PARAGENESIS, AND PHYSICOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD QUARTZ VEINS HOSTED BY PLUTONIC ROCKS IN THE PATAZ REGION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1328-1347.
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1969, UNPUB. REP., SIMMONS (1960)
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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