Mine detail: Saramarca [Gold-Copper Deposit 46]

Location:	Ica, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-14.5311, -75.09136
dep_id:	10068894
mrds_id:	W002166
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
alteration:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_unit:	Copara Group
hrock_type:	Metavolcanic Rock
arock_unit:	Incahuasi
arock_type:	Tonalite
Structure:	See Comments
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1936
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 403 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: AGUILAR REVOREDO, 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING., INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, 99 P. Deposit:: BECKWITH, H. REA, 1939, GOLD IN PERU: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 140, NO. 5, P. 49053 Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972