Mine detail: El Dorado Mine

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Location: Cajamarca, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -6.33144, -78.66646
dep_id: 10080317
mrds_id: W031433
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds Of Shaley Sandstone
Reporter: Ericksen, George E.
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1948
disc_yr: 1945
discr: Malaga Santolaya
References:
  • ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P
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