Azuay
Producer

Molleturo

Azuay, Ecuador
CopperLeadZincGoldSilverAntimonyCadmium
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc
SecondaryGold, Silver, Antimony
TertiaryCadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Macuchi Formation
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10100826
MRDS IDTC37701
Alternate namesMina Roma
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-2.74827, -79.36648
References
GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, P. 458-468.INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIO.PALADINES, P.A., SANMARTIN, D.H., AND SUAREZ, L.H., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, SCALE 1:1,000,000.GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF EQUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, EQUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.GEMUTS, I., G. LOPEZ, AND F. JIMENEZ, 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P. 14-16.STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 57(5), P. 799-808.DE GRYS, A., 1970, COPPER AND ZINC IN ALLUVIAL MAGNETITES FROM CENTRAL ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 65 (6), P. 714-717.PUIG, C.A., 1984, ECUADOR LOOKING TO MINING INCOME TO SUPPLEMENT OIL REVENUES, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 185, P. 85, 89, 92.SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, 1970, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN NO. 2, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS.CIMRI