Mine detail: Manto, Santiago, Santa Rosa, Santiago Norte, Tudtla, Split, Orcopampa

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -15.25165, -72.33292
dep_id: 60001479
mrds_id: TC40324
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN, EPITHERMAL
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
alteration: POTASSIC, SERICITE, ADULARIA
Reporter: PAGE, NORMAN J.
disc_yr: 1779
discr: Spanish Colonials
References:
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, E.U., PETERSON, U., AND HACKBORTH, C.J., 1990, ORE ZONING AND TETRAHEDRITE COMPOSITION VARIATION AT ORCOPAMPA, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1491-1503.
  • Deposit:: GIBSON, P.C., NOBLE, D.C., AND LARSON, L.T., 1990, MULTISTAGE EVOLUTION OF THE CALERA EPITHERMAL AG-AU VEIN SYSTEM, ORCOPAMPA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PERU, FIRST RESULTS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1504-1519.
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
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