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Cerro Pelado

Prospect in Ecuador with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063717
MRDS ID TC37631
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pelado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.96649, -3.26492 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ecuador

Comments on the location information

  • USED MACHALA AS LOCATION. NEAR MACHALA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.96649, -3.26492
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont

Comments on development

  • CHANNEL SAMPLES YIELD 0.5-14.2 G/TON AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCTOBER 1992, PG. 15.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW, SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 19, P. 33.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE IN SAGUARO GP VOLCANICS OF AZUAY PROVINCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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