Mine detail: Huachon Gold 16

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Location: Pasco, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -10.66459, -75.96639
dep_id: 10068883
mrds_id: W002155
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Minor mineral: Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz, Rhodochrosite
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Mitu Group;Pucara Limestone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
Year first produced: 1934
disc_yr: 1600
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 458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
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