Mine detail: Nambija District

Previously called 'ChamicoMina RealCampanilliasCambanasGuasimyLa HuecaMonedaLa FortunaNanguipaCanarCumay'

Location:	Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long:	-4.06491, -78.78309
dep_id:	60001247
mrds_id:	TC00085
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED GOLD HOSTED BY DIVERSE SEDIMENTARY HOST ROCK, VEIN, PLACER
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
model:	64: Skarn Au
ore_ctrl:	ZONE OF BRECCIA
dy_ba:	>
disc_yr:	1600
References:	Deposit:: SALAZAR, EDGAR, 1987, NAMBIJA: COMOCIMIENTO GEOLOGICO Y MINERALOGICO HASTA LA PRESENTE: I.N.E. MIN REPORT. Deposit:: GEMUTS, I., LOPEZ, G., AND JIMENEZ, F., 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P. 14-16. Deposit:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO. Deposit:: MCKELVEY, G.E., 1991, INTEREST SHOWN IN THE NAMBIJA GOLD DEPOSITS ZAMORA PROVINCE, ECUADOR, MINING ENGINEERING, P. 1412-1414. Deposit:: INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO DE MINERIA, 1986, MINING IN ECUADOR 1986, INST. ECUAT. MINER., QUITO, 31P. Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1983, MAPA DEL POTENCIAL AURIFERO ALUVIAL DE LA REPUBLICA DE ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000. Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 16, JANUARY*4, P. 18. Deposit:: ANON., 1994, RIO AMARILLO REPORTS ON NANBIJA GOLD CONCESSION: LATIN AMERICAN MINING NEWS, JULY 6, 1994, P. 51. Deposit:: ANON., 1994, ZAMORA EXPLORING IN ECUADOR: THE NORTHERN MINER, V. 80, NO. 36, P. 20.