Mine detail: Palmaderas Gold 79

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.51441, -73.09964
dep_id: 10068886
mrds_id: W002158
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
gangue: Iron
ore_ctrl: See Comments
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_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
Year first produced: 1825
prod_yrs: 2-195*
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 371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
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