Guarumales

Occurrence in Azuay, Ecuador with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063742
MRDS ID TC37685
Record type Site
Current site name Guarumales

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.58312, -2.68522 (WGS84)
Elevation 3000
Relative position 30 KM N77E OF AZOGUES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azuay(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Azuay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.58312, -2.68522

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, PP. 458-468.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOURCES DISAGREE ON HOST ROCK TYPE. SOME INDICATE A GRANITE-GRANODIORITE HOST AS OPPOSED TO METAMORPHIC HOST ROCKS. SOURCES ALSO DISAGREE ON LOCATION. GOOSSENS PLOTS THIS SITE FURTHER SOUTH, ABOUT 10 KM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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