Mine detail: Salpo-Milluachaqui Gold-Silver 45

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Location:	La Libertad, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-7.9897, -78.59978
dep_id:	10068900
mrds_id:	W002172
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
ore_ctrl:	See Comments
Reporter:	Page, Norman J., Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	The Rocks Of The Area Are Gray, Green Or Purple Andesite Or Latite Flows, Flow Breccias, And Tuffs That Overlie Shale And Sandstone Of Cretaceous Age. The Volcanic Rocks Are Cut By A Number Of Veins That In General Trend Nw And Dip Sw.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
disc_yr:	1677
prod_yrs:	PRODUCTION IN 1923 IS QUESTIONABLE, NO DATE ARE AVAILABLE
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 525 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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, 1905B, LA PROVINCIA DE OTUZCO Y SUS ASIENTOS MINERALES: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 22, 70 P., P. 41-46 Deposit:: VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, 24-28. Deposit:: FORT, MICHEL, 1926, LA INDUSTRIA MINERA DEL PERU EN EL ANO DEL CENTENARIO 1921: BOL. MINAS. IND. Y CONSTR., SER 2, V. 15, P. 50-51. Deposit:: AGUILAR, REVORADO, J.F., 1941, CURSO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES: ESCUELA NAC. ING. INST. NAC. POLITECNICO SUPERIOR, 99 P., P.56-57. Deposit:: DELSOL, D.E., 1880, INFORME SOBRE LAS MINAS DE SALPO, QUIRUVILCA Y HUAMACHUCO EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE LA LIBERTAD: ANALES ESCUELA COSTR. CIVILES Y DE MINAS, V. 1, 87 P. 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. REP Other Database:: CIMRI Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972