Mine detail: Tacaza

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Location: Puno, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.60606, -70.72458
dep_id: 10068918
mrds_id: W002193
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Opal, Siderite
alteration: Silicification, Zeolitization
Reporter: Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J., Restrepo, Pedro
hrock_unit: Tacaza Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Andean Cordillera
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 882
  • Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
  • Deposit:: US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1959: PIAN REGIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO DEL SUR DEL PERU, PS/A/5, V. 2, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES, LIMA, PERU, P. 150.
  • 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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