Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Gold, Illite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Skarn (Tactite),Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Diorite,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Granodiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1990
Identification
Deposit ID10400169
Alternate namesSinchao Property
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates6.72622, 78.66976
References
Bottomer, L.R., 1999, Evaluation of the Sinchao Property, Hualgayoc district, Northern Peru and recommendations for further work: http://www.andeanamerican.com/evaluation.htmlChadwick, J., 2001, Andean action: Mining Magazine. v. 184, no. 5, p. 234-247Turner, S.J., 1999, Settings and styles of high-sulphidation gold deposits in the Cajamarca region, Northern Peru, in Weber, G., ed., PACRIM '99, 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. 461-468Singer, 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