Mine detail: Capitana Gold 60

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.61441, -74.01633
dep_id: 10068878
mrds_id: W002150
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Silver
gangue: Calcite, Iron, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEINS GENERALLY FLAT-DIPPING TABULAR
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Diorite,Granite
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1947
disc_yr: 1677
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 359
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: ORE, FERNANDO, 1956, CAPITANA GOLD MINES COMPANY: MINING ENGINEER THESIS NO. 1655, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENARIO
  • 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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