Mine detail: Algamarca Copper 38

Previously called 'Veins: San BlasDescubridora'

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -7.62305, -78.24311
dep_id: 10068908
mrds_id: W002180
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Goyllar Group
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: See Comments
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
disc_yr: 1532
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS, P. 610
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: 365 P. LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, P. 21-23
  • Deposit:: MALAGA SANTOLALLA, FERMIN, 1905A, LA PROVINCIA DE CAJABAMBA Y SUS ASIENTOS MINERALES: CUERPO DE ING. DE MINAS DEL PERU BOL., NO. 19, P. 37-42
  • Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
  • Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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