Mine detail: El Toro

Previously called 'Veins: LimenaAlianzaSan JoseAmeliaEtelvinaNegraAlta Gracia'

Location:	La Libertad, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-7.81054, -78.04477
dep_id:	10068897
mrds_id:	W002169
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Enargite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Quartz
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit:	Chimu Formation;
hrock_type:	Sandstone,Andesite
Structure:	The Country Rock Is Cretaceous Sandstone (Chimu Formation?) And Black Shale That Strike Nw And Dip Gently Sw. In The Eastern Part Of Cerro El Toro These Rocks Are Intruded By Andesite. In The Sandstone They Strike East, Dip 60 Deg-90 Deg S., Are 30-150 Cm Wide, And Are Oxidized To Considerable Depth. They Contain Auriferous Pyrite At Depth. Veins In Andesite Have Apparently Random Attitudes And Are Oxidized Only To Shallow Depths. They Contain Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, And Enargite.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1845
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 447 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: MALAGA, SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1907, MONOGRAFIA MINERA DE LA PROVINCIA DE HUAMACHUCO: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 51, P. 32-40 Deposit:: FLORES TORRES, R.; 1990. INFORME TECHNICO MINA EL TORO: INFORME DEL BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, B7390. Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. FLORES TORRES (1990). Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972