Mine detail: El Dorado Copper 59

Previously called 'Mina El Dorado'

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Location

Lat / long:

-10.54793, -77.37475

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1954-1955

Geology

Host type:	Andesite,Granite
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera

References

MRDS	W002186
DEP	10068913
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 578}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: DEL SOLAR B., C., 1944, INFORME SOBRE LA PROPIEDAD MINERA EL DORADO: BANCO MINERO DEL PERU, MARCH, COD B4050.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP}{Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP. SIMONS (1960).}{Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J.