Mine detail: Huachon Gold 16

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -10.66459, -75.96639

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Secondary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year: 1600

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1934

Geology

Host rock:Mitu Group;Pucara Limestone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:See Comments
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera

References

MRDSW002155
DEP10068883
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 458}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: PFLUCKER, LUIS A., 1949-50, EL ORO: LA MINERIA PERUANA, NO. 63, P. 26-27.}{Deposit:: HARRISON, JOHN V., 1951, GEOLOGIA DE LOS ANDES ORIENTALES DEL PERU CENTRAL: SOC. GEOL. PERU BOL, V. 21, 97 P., MAP 2 OF 3.}{Deposit:: WELTER, OTTO, 1946, APUNTES SOE LA GEOLOGIA DE LOS ALREDEDORES DE HUACON: INST. GEOL. DEL PERU BOL., NO. 6, 6 P.}{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}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.