Mine detail: Saramarca [Gold-Copper Deposit 46]

Previously called 'Santa RosaMina Sara Marca'

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Location

Lat / long: -14.5311, -75.09136

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1936

Geology

Host rock:Copara Group
Host type:Metavolcanic Rock
Associated rock:Incahuasi
Associated type:Tonalite
Structure:See Comments
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz

References

MRDSW002166
DEP10068894
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 403}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L.