Mine detail: Sucuitambo Gold-Silver 84

Previously called 'Suykutambo'

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.09775, -71.71627

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Jasper, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Mine Area Underlain By Andesitic Lavas And Pyroclastic Rocks That Dip 10 Deg-40 Deg Sw. Sandstone And Shale Of Mesozoic Age Are Reported. These Rocks Are Cut By An Extensive Fault-Vein System, Striking N60w, Dipping Steeply Sw. The Outcrop Patterns Of Veins Suggest That The Vein Fissures May Have Originated As Tension Fractures Between Two Principal Nw Striking Shear Zones, Carmen-Corona-Santa Ursula To The Ne And Potosi Ramal Structure To The Sw.
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002173
DEP	10068901
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 517}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWLETTER, 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	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.