Mine detail: Santa Lucia Gold 51

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Location: Ayacucho, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -14.95609, -74.58301
dep_id: 10068892
mrds_id: W002164
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold
gangue: Pyrite
ore_ctrl: The Santa Lucia Vein Is In Granodiorite. It Dips 45 Deg-80 Deg, Averages About 80-100 Cm Wide, Is Composed Of Quartz With Small Amounts Of Pyrite, Chalcopyrite And Galena. Gold Was Free And Also Was Associated With The Sulfide Minerals. Ore Heads Averaged 23-25 Grams Per Ton.
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
discr: Worked In Colonial Period, Large Scale Operation Since 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 394
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • 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. REPOR
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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