Mine detail: Tantahuatay

Previously called 'Sinchao Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 6.72622, 78.66976

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Gold, Illite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Discovery year: 1990

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Skarn (Tactite),Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Diorite,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Granodiorite

References

DEP10400169
Reference{Reference:: Bottomer, L.R., 1999, Evaluation of the Sinchao Property, Hualgayoc district, Northern Peru and recommendations for further work: http://www.andeanamerican.com/evaluation.html}{Reference:: Chadwick, J., 2001, Andean action: Mining Magazine. v. 184, no. 5, p. 234-247}{Reference:: Turner, S.J., 1999, Settings and styles of high-sulphidation gold deposits in the Cajamarca region, Northern Peru, in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM*9, Proceedings of International Congress on Earth Science, Exploration and Mining Around the Pacific Rim: The australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Publication Series no. 4/99, p. 461-468}{Reference:: Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060 (2005). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW on 12/11/07}
ReporterBaker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.)