Mine detail: Palmaderas Gold 79

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.51441, -73.09964

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Gangue:	Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	2-195 *
First production started:	1825

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	The Rocks Of The Area Are Strongly Folded Gray To Yellow Or Rusty Quartzite With Interbedded Shale (Probably Upper Jurassic). The Beds Strike Approximately East And Dip Steeply Both North And South.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002158
DEP	10068886
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 371}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1887, MINAS DE ORO DEL PERU: ANALES ESCUELA CONSTR. COVILES Y DE MINAS V. 6, 96 P., P. 66-68}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L.