Mine detail: Tacaza

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-15.60606, -70.72458

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Opal, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tacaza Volcanics
Host type:	Andesite
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Zeolitization

References

MRDS	W002193
DEP	10068918
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 882}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
Reporter	Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J., Restrepo, Pedro