Mine detail: Convento Gold 66

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.74773, -73.79966
dep_id: 10068881
mrds_id: W002153
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite
alteration: Wall Rocks Are Kaolinized, The Intensity Of Alteration Varying Directly With Intensity Of Mineralization.
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type: Diorite,Quartzite,Shale,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 363
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • 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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