Cajamarca
Producer

El Dorado Mine

Cajamarca, Peru
LeadZinc
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Description

Malaga Santolaya

Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFavorable Beds Of Shaley Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1948
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10080317
MRDS IDW031433
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-6.33144, -78.66646
References
ERICKSEN, G.E., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE HUALGAYOC MINING DISTRICT, DEPARTAMENTO DE CAJAMARCA, PERU: NEW YORK, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, 239 P