Mine detail: Salpo-Milluachaqui Gold-Silver 45

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Location

Lat / long:

-7.9897, -78.59978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1677

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	PRODUCTION IN 1923 IS QUESTIONABLE, NO DATE ARE AVAILABLE

Geology

Host 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

References

MRDS	W002172
DEP	10068900
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 525}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J., Shaffer, Glenn L.